New Delhi: One day after Indian astronomers discovered one of the farthest stellar galaxies in the universe, estimated to be 9.3 billion light-years distant from Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) congratulated the astronomers Indians for the discovery. NASA praised the discovery as an effort that will further enable humanity to understand.
“NASA congratulates the researchers on their exciting discovery,” NASA Public Affairs Officer Felicia Chou told ANI.
Chou further added: “Science is a collaborative effort around the world, and discoveries like these help humanity better understand where we come from, where we are going and if we are alone.”
A team of astronomers led by Dr. Kanak Saha from the Interuniversity Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune discovered the galaxy called AUDFs01. India’s first Multiple Wavelength Space Observatory called ‘AstroSat’ detected extreme ultraviolet light from a galaxy located 9.3 billion light years away from Earth.
India’s AstroSat / UVIT was able to accomplish this unique feat because the background noise is so much less than that of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
The Director of IUCAA, Dr. Somak Ray Chaudhury, stated that the discovery offers a very important clue to how the dark ages of the Universe ended and there was light in the Universe.
“We need to know when this started, but it has been very difficult to find the first sources of light,” he said. India’s first AstroSat Space Observatory was launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on September 28, 2015.
India’s first AstroSat space observatory, which has made this discovery, was launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on September 28, 2015. It was developed by a team led by ShyamTandon, former IUCAA Professor Emeritus. with the full support of ISRO.
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