I think the article said the cluster was 12.4 billion years away. Which is about right for being on the edge of the observable universe. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe revealed the universe to be 13.75 (+/- 10%) billion years old.
Interesting thing to note too is that Quantum Fluctuation predates the universe, is non-physical, acts upon the physical, created something from nothing. One could say science has discovered God as they are both defined much the same way.