This Is The Oldest Galaxy We've Ever Found

A galaxy known as "z8_GND_5296" — the red blob in the box to the right — has just been confirmed as the oldest known galaxy we've seen, formed just 700 million years after the universe's birth. The galaxy seems to be pumping out new stars much faster — hundreds of times — than modern galaxies like our Milky Way. The findings were reported Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the journal Nature. Most astronomers believe that the universe was created 13.7 billion years ago in the "Big Bang," when an uni...