farthermost
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When the light we see today left the farthermost quasars, the earth and the solar system had not yet been born.
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
Though they resemble ordinary stars when viewed through optical telescopes, they are billions of lightyears* away, the farthermost objects in the observable universe.
From Time Magazine Archive
By week's end the alarm had spread to the farthermost corners of the Soviet empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Harpe crumpled the letter and hurled it into the farthermost corner of the room, half sick with a feeling of helplessness, of passionate regret and despair.
From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline
