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Galaxy sets distance mark

A galaxy has smashed the record for the most distant object ever observed. The object sheds light on the nature of the sources that stripped electrons from hydrogen atoms during the reionization epoch. See Letter p.940

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Figure 1: The most distant galaxy yet.

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Trenti, M. Galaxy sets distance mark. Nature 467, 924–925 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467924a

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