Astronomers have identified a new record holder for most distant object in the universe — a gamma-ray burst emanating from a region 13.035 billion light-years from Earth.
DISTANT BURST The newly found gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 (infrared afterglow shown in circle) is the most distant object known in the universe.
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