An amazing discovery. If we can see things that far away, it's a wonder what we'll discover when we keep improving telescopes, introducing new telescopes (e.g. Webb space telescope), and even build devices on other celestial bodies! I'm looking forward to a permanent telescope on the far side of the moon where Earthly signals are no distraction.
As for the article, it was distracting by the poor writing style (emphasis mine). It's frustrating to hear people say "like" and "literally" all the time in speech, but far worse to see it in written pieces:
- "...point source (literally, a dot of light)"
- "...galaxy, a star, you, me — bends space, literally warps it"
- "...too faint to see. Like, hundreds of times too faint"
It's a blog post rather than a proper article. And it's by Phil Plait (AKA "The Bad Astronomer") who has been writing with a similar tone for over a decade now.
I didn't notice the author, thanks for pointing out. I remember passing the time between college classes reading Bad Astonomy in the computer lab. In 1997. Over a decade for sure...
As for the article, it was distracting by the poor writing style (emphasis mine). It's frustrating to hear people say "like" and "literally" all the time in speech, but far worse to see it in written pieces:
- "...point source (literally, a dot of light)"
- "...galaxy, a star, you, me — bends space, literally warps it"
- "...too faint to see. Like, hundreds of times too faint"