Astronomers Spot Most Distant Quasar Ever Observed

Randy Muller (rmuller@No-Spam)
Thu, 13 Apr 1999 23:29:28 -0700

Bob Czerwinski wrote:
>
> Can you say, "26 billion light-years away, boys and girls?"
>
> http://www.sdss.org/
>
> The Sloan Digital Sky Survey bags a Quasar at that distance.

Interesting, especially since most Big Bang models of the universe put
the age at around 15 billion years.

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."


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