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Photo: Oldest-ever spiral galaxy, formed 1B years earlier than thought – Business Insider
The findings can provide clues on how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way have formed, a leading researcher told Insider.
Scientists have captured a picture of the oldest known spiral galaxy, which was formed 12.4 billion years ago.
The galaxy, officially named BRI 1335-0417, was snapped by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in Chile.
It shows that spiral galaxies were formed as early as 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang.
The photo was taken as part of a study published in the peer-reviewed Science journal on Thursday.
“It puts us back the time when we knew that galaxies started to…
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