Q. Which country’s astronomers have detected HD1 Galaxy, the distant astronomical object ever discovered?
Answer: USA
Notes: A team of astronomers led by researchers at the Center for Astrophysics- Harvard & Smithsonian, USA has detected the most distant astronomical object ever. The object named ‘HD1’ is a galaxy candidate 13.5 billion light-years away. The astronomical object is extremely bright in ultraviolet light due to some energetic processes occurring in it. HD1 forms more than 100 stars every single year, which 10 times higher than that of starburst galaxies

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