Astronomers Detect , the Most Distant Galaxy, Ever Observed.<br />Astronomy.com reports that astronomers have <br />discovered a distant galaxy named HD1 that is now <br />the farthest object detected in the cosmos. .<br />HD1 is located approximately <br />13.5 billion light-years away. .<br />It existed , 330 million years, after the Big Bang.<br />Scientists believe that the distant galaxy also <br />contains either Population III stars or the earliest <br />supermassive black hole ever detected. .<br />Astronomy.com reports <br />that HD1 appears extremely <br />bright in ultraviolet light.<br />Ultraviolet is usually evidence that a galaxy is producing <br />a high number of stars, but the brightness of HD1 would <br />suggest it was creating over 100 stars every year. .<br />Astronomers believe, it could be the result , of one of two historic possibilities. .<br />Population III stars are , the first generation of stars , born following the Big Bang.<br />They are much more massive, luminous and hotter than stars created today, but they also have never been observed as they burn out and die quickly. .<br />The other explanation for the brightness of HD1 could be <br />the earliest known supermassive black hole, which <br />would beat the previous record by 500 million years. .<br />Forming a few hundred million years <br />after the Big Bang, a black hole in HD1 <br />must have grown out of a massive <br />seed at an unprecedented rate. , Avi Loeb, MNRAS co-author, via Astronomy.com
