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Giant star factory found in early galaxy

By T.K. Randall
February 10, 2009 · Comment icon 1 comment

Image Credit: NASA/ESA
A huge stellar factory has been identified in the early universe that is exponentially larger than our own galaxy.
A stellar factory millions of times larger than anything comparable in the Milky Way has been identified in a galaxy in the very early universe. The work bolsters the case that massive galaxies formed very quickly - in spectacular bursts of star formation - soon after the big bang."


Source: New Scientist | Comments (1)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by raphnix 15 years ago
But, matter-of-fact, it happened millions of years from now and could be but another image equivalent to another millions of years.


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