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Nature 398, 558-559 (15 April 1999) | doi:10.1038/19190

Galaxies:  A long-distance record breaker

Richard Green1

Direct observations of the earliest luminous objects are only now beginning to illuminate the study of the origin and formation of galaxies. Each step beyond the previous limit of discovery holds the promise that new techniques will reveal the precursors of the galaxies we see today.