pbs.org News Hour reporting on oldest galaxy yet found.

[Rastermon2]

The New Hour is usually very reliable , but this article got it wrong. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/01/astronomers-say-theyve-found-oldest-galaxy-yet.html

"Hubble has peered back into the far-ancient past and spotted a tiny galaxy of blue stars, possibly the oldest ever seen, researchers reported in the journal Nature. In images, it's underwhelming - just a faint smudge of light.

But we're seeing light from 13.2 billion years ago, scientists say. That's how long the light emitted took to reach us. For perspective, the earth is only 13.7 billion years old, so this reaches back to the first 4% of our planet's lifetime. "

Whaaaat?

Serious swapping of the dates

[slang]

"For perspective, the earth is only 13.7 billion years old, so this reaches back to the first 4% of our planet's lifetime."

Good catch.. but it's fixed now. Still, "only 13.7 billion years" is kind of funny all in itself.


Correction: An earlier version of this article said the earth is 13.7 billion years old. The earth is believed to be 4.5 billion years old.