
Astronomers have found the farthest known galaxy to date. According to their calculations, EGS-zs8-1 is the remotest galaxy yet discovered since it is located more than 13 billion light-years from our planet.
Space telescopes were able to detect EGS-zs8-1 because of its brightness. Astronomers believe that there may be other galaxies that are even farther away from our planet but their light is too dim to be detected.