17 April, 2017

Other galaxies and ocean worlds


An astronomer: Life ‘might be more common’ than we thought

Distant galaxy GN-z11 in GOODS-N image by HST.jpg
Galaxy GN-z11 is currently the oldest and most distant known galaxy in the observable universe.

By NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/07/image/a/; see also https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-team-breaks-cosmic-distance-record/ and http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1604a/, Public Domain, Link
PIA17202 - Approaching Enceladus.jpg
Saturn’s moon Enceladus was found to have ocean world
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - PIA17202 from the NASA/JPL Photojournal, Public Domain, Link

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