Galaxy discovered from 13.1B years ago

WASHINGTON — Astronomers have discovered a baby blue galaxy that is the farthest from us in distance and time ever seen. It’s from 13.1 billion years ago, and is among the universe’s first generation of galaxies.

Yale and University of California Santa Cruz scientists used three different telescopes to spot and then calculate the age of the blurry infant galaxy. By measuring how the light has shifted, they determined the galaxy, called EGS-zs8-1, is from about 670 million years after the Big Bang.

The galaxy is 13.1 billion light-years away, in the constellation Bootes. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.

Officer wants knife of Gray produced

BALTIMORE — One of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray has challenged police and a top prosecutor to produce a knife that prompted the arrest, arguing in a court motion that it is an illegal weapon.

Attorneys filed the motion in Baltimore District Court for Officer Edward Nero, who is charged with second-degree assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment. The motion appeared to challenge the basis for charges Nero faces after the arrest of Gray.