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NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy
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NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA image release April 12, 2011 Astronomers have uncovered one of the youngest galaxies in the distant universe, with stars that formed 13.5 billion years ago, a mere 200 million years after the Big Bang. The finding addresses questions about when the first galaxies arose, and how the early universe evolved. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was the first to spot the newfound galaxy. Detailed observations from the W.M.

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Credit lineNASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001901.

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