A glance at the week that was
We now know
Apple’s app store has surpassed 10 billion downloads
A woman survived after jumping from the 23rd floor of a Buenos Aires hotel on Monday
Micheál Martin (left) has been elected the eighth leader of Fianna Fáil
Galaxy quest
The Hubble Space Telescope has detected what could be the oldest galaxy ever observed – one that dates back 13 billion years.
The image, which has been published in the journal Nature after being detected by Hubble’s recently installed wide-field camera, could help astronomers better understand the early universe.
“The most important aspect of this is it provides us with some sense of how fast galaxies are building up,” says Prof Richard Bouwens of the Netherlands’ Leiden Observatory.
"I have had no truck whatsoever with these antiquated and quite bizarre aspects of the British parliamentary system"Gerry Adams on the 400-year-old rule that requires him to accept a British crown-paid post before resigning from Westminster
Crash test dummies
Two British pensioners were hospitalised after their car’s satnav system instructed them to drive into a church in Germany.
While driving along a rural route near the Austrian border at night, the navigation system directed the couple to turn right where there was no road.
The 76-year-old driver crashed into the side of the village church, causing €25,000 worth of damage.
“They were confused and didn't notice that the navigation system was faulty,” a police spokeswoman said.
The numbers
687km:The distance an Alaskan polar bear covered while swimming continuously for more than nine days
$120,000:
The price paid for the ambulance that carried President John F Kennedy after his assassination
12:The number of nominations picked up by The King's Speech in the 2011 Academy Awards
