Context: A Global team of scientists has discovered one of the earliest galaxies using India’s AstroSat.
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A global team led by scientists of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light.
AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, has detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.
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Astrosat, India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space telescope, was launched by ISRO on a PSLV-XL in 2015.