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Space telescopes and the most distant galaxies

Modern space telescopes let us observe galaxies whose light has travelled for billions of years. Each image is, in fact, a window into the past of the universe.

The fascinating part is that by looking so far away we are looking back in time: we see those galaxies as they were, not as they are now. A good excuse to remember how big — and how old — all of this is.