Youthful versions of massive galaxies like our Milky Way may be only a cosmic stone’s throw away. That’s the finding of an ultraviolet-detecting satellite that has identified 36 such galaxies.
SKY DIAMONDS. Artist’s depiction of one of the newly found baby galaxies. Inset: Some of the newly detected galaxies found by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite.
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