5 Tiny Galaxies Clustered Together 13.1 Billion Light-years Away (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

5 Tiny Galaxies Clustered Together 13.1 Billion Light-years Away

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The composite image taken in visible and near-infrared light, reveals the location of five tiny galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years away. The circles pinpoint the galaxies.

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Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Trenti (University of Colorado, Boulder and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, U.K.), L. Bradley (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore), and the BoRG team

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