An artist's impression of a gamma-ray burst.NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
From The Independent:
A massive gamma-ray burst 13 billion light years away has thrown new light on the early years of the Universe.
The most distant object ever observed in space has provided scientists with an unprecedented insight into the "cosmic dark ages" following the birth of the Universe some 13.7 billion years ago.
A gigantic explosion on the edge of the known Universe has been confirmed as the furthermost object in the cosmos. It occurred nearly 700 million years after the Big Bang and its radiation has taken some 13 billion years to reach Earth – making it 13 billion light years away.
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