Thanks for all your responses.
So I’m not missing anything – the articles are incorrect and these young galaxies are much further away than the 12b to 13b ly’s stated.
I’ve been ruminating on the second question, and here it is – I hope with more clarity.
Start with this:
- the further away...
I’m joining this forum just to see if someone can answer this question in a way that I can understand, because it’s driving me nuts.
I read about galaxies observed by the Hubble Space Telescope that were formed “shortly” after the Big Bang. For example, the article may say that they are 12...