Wednesday, March 12, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Galaxies in the early universe mature beyond their years

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 06:39 PM PDT

An international team of researchers has discovered the most distant examples of galaxies in the early universe that were already mature and massive. The mature galaxies were found at a record-breaking distance of 12 billion light years, seen when the universe was just 1.6 billion years old. Their existence at such an early time raises new questions about what forced them to grow up so quickly.

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