Young and Near: Baby galaxies roam our backyard

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.