NASA applauds Indian astronomers for the discovery of one of the farthest star galaxies

India’s first multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, launched by ISRO, discovered one of the farthest star galaxies, approximately 9.3 billion light-years away from earth on Tuesday.

India’s first multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, launched by ISRO, discovered one of the farthest star galaxies, approximately 9.3 billion light-years away from earth on Tuesday. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) congratulated the Indian team for this ‘exciting discovery’ which will further humankind’s understanding.

NASA’s Public Relations officer Felicia Chou said, ” Science is a collaborative effort around the world and discoveries like these help humankind’s understanding of where we come from, where we are going and are we alone.”

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The team led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, detected extreme UV light from the galaxy which is now named AUDfs01. They were successful in the discovery as the background noise in the UVIT detector is comparatively less than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.