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World Service,1 min

The oldest ‘visible’ object in the universe?

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Astrophysicist Nicolas Prantzos on how gamma-ray bursts allow us to see the early universe. Photo: Gamma-Ray Burst From Chandra X-Ray Observatory (NASA/Getty Images)

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