What Is the Farthest Thing We Can See in Space?

Imagine you're looking at a star that's super far away. Light from it has been traveling for billions of years before it reaches us, and yet we can still see it! The farthest visible object in space is a galaxy called GN-z11, so far away, its light started the journey when our universe was just 400 million years old.

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Imagine looking at a star so far away that its light has been traveling for billions of years before it reaches your eyes.
Think of seeing a baby galaxy, still growing and changing as it was in the early days of the universe.
Like seeing a friend wave from across the room, but instead of meters or kilometers, the distance is measured in billions of light-years.

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