Galaxy EGS-zs8-1 (IMAGE)

Yale University

Galaxy EGS-zs8-1

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The galaxy EGS-zs8-1 sets a new distance record. It was discovered in images from the Hubble Space Telescope's CANDELS survey.

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NASA, ESA, P. Oesch and I. Momcheva (Yale University), and the 3D-HST and HUDF09/XDF teams

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