The oldest explosion yet detected in the Universe (~13 billion years ago) reported on here:
http://tinyurl.com/yj9vyrc
Astrophysicist Bing Zhang (...gotta love that name :-)) writes in Nature about the finding.
Next year the Hubble telescope will be used to look for the galaxy from which the star explosion emanated.
The oldest explosion yet detected in the Universe (~13 billion years ago)