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GN-z11 Distance Record

Switzerland · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2016

Pascal Oesch3 March 2016

Science / Astronomy

Oesch leads Hubble observations that identify GN-z11 as the most distant known galaxy at the time.

Names involved

Pascal Oesch

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