Astronomers used Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer space telescopes to discover what is believed to be the faintest object ever in the universe. The remote object existed approximately 400 million years after the big bang has been named ‘Tayna’ by an international team of astronomers.

It is not the first time when NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer spotted an object in the distant early universe, but the newly found object is from a small class of newly forming galaxies. According to the astronomers, the fainted objects could be considered as early universe’s representatives. They may reveal several interesting things about first galaxies and their formation, the astronomers added.

Lead astronomer Leopoldo Infante from the Pontifical Catholic University said, “Thanks to this detection, the team has been able to study for the first time the properties of extremely faint objects formed not long after the big bang”.

The new discovery is a part of a finding of about 22 newly forming galaxies present at the universe’s observable horizon. The astronomers have published their findings in The Astrophysical Journal. According to them, the new detection was only possible because of a cluster of galaxies, MACS J0416.1-2403.

The newly discovered object, which has size equal to the Large Magellanic Cloud, has been making stars about 10 times faster than the Milky Way’s diminutive satellite galaxy. The new discovery has indicated that the early universe is rich in galaxy targets which will be revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, as per the astronomers.