farthermost

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All we can really say is that if the universe is 10 billion years old, then light from the farthermost quasars has been on the way to us for more than 8 billion years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, using the red shift from some quasars as a yardstick indicates that they could be 10 billion or more light-years away�making them the farthermost objects ever observed in the heavens by astronomers.

From Time Magazine Archive

While strict interpretation of Hubble's law would place the farthermost quasars more than 8 billion light-years from the earth, Schmidt refuses to assign a specific distance for any beyond the closest: 3C 273.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the eaves of Central Asia's towering Hindu Kush Mountains lie the farthermost outposts of the British Raj's power in India, in the Northwest Frontier Province.

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At the farthermost end of the gallery a fire burnt, and at this a man was seated, whom they found to be Cortes, the younger of the two guides.

From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles