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Baby Galaxies in the Adult Universe
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This artist's conception illustrates the decline in our universe's "birth-rate" over time. When the universe was young, massive galaxies were forming regularly, like baby bees in a bustling hive. In time, the universe bore fewer and fewer "offspring," and newborn galaxies (white circles) matured into older ones more like our own Milky Way (spirals).
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineBaby Galaxies in the Adult Universe. NASA/JPL, 2004-12-21. Public domain. ID: PIA07142.
