Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Astronomers have recently announced that this galaxy's spectrum, recorded using the large Keck telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea, indicates that it lies at a distance of about 12 billion light-years . The eruption of such a large amount of energy in such a short time is so extreme that even exotic theoretical models of the bursters are being challenged.
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