Scientists identified galaxies at 600 million light-years after the Big Bang in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Shouldnò??t this light have passed us long ago? Why is it just getting to us now?
Lee Schroeder, DeLand, Florida
Published: Monday, February 21, 2011
We can determine the distance between us and those galaxies as the difference between our distance from the Big Bang and the distance of the observed galaxies from the Big Bang. That is: 13.7 ò?? 0.6 = 13.1 billion light-years. The light from those distant galaxies traveled for 13.1 billion years to reach the Hubble Space Telescope ò?? we are finally observing it right now.