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Volume 155, Number 16 (April 17, 1999)

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Galaxies at even greater distances

Astronomers report the most distant galaxy measured so far and have evidence of two other galaxies that could be even more distant.

References:

Chen, H.-W., K.M. Lanzetta, and S. Pascarelle. 1999. Spectroscopic identification of a galaxy at a probable redshift of z = 6.68. Nature 398(April 15):586.

Sources:

Kenneth M. Lanzetta
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 16, April 17, 1999, p. 255. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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