Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have made what may be the most reliable distance measurement yet of an object that existed in the Universe’s formative years. The galaxy is one of the faintest, smallest and most distant galaxies ever seen and measuring its distance with this accuracy was possible due only to the incredibly detailed mapping of how giant galaxy clusters warp the space-time around them.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1423/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
16 October 2014
