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Is there anything further away than the farthest galaxies?

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Chapter Galaxies

The most distant objects found so far are galaxies. Often, these distant galaxies are found because they are forming hot stars at a rapid rate, causing them to be very bright. Or, they may contain active galactic nuclei (AGN) or quasi-stellar objects (QSOs), which are extremely bright gravitational engines powered by supermassive black holes.

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