Distant Galaxies

Galaxy cluster known as Abell 2744. The multinational project “Frontiers Fields” analyzed this area and found very interesting information, especially regarding the age and remoteness of the galaxies that comprise it.

To reach our telescopes, the light from this galaxy has traveled for around 13 billion years. This information is fundamental, because it means that we see Abell2744 as it was approximately 650 million years after the Big Bang. Which means that the observation of this galaxy can help us understand what the Universe was like in its first million years of existence.

The discovery was achieved thanks to the joint work of scientists from two Spanish institutions: the University of La Laguna (ULL), in Tenerife, and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC).

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