Astronomers spot 13 billion-year-old galaxy merger

📆 20/06/2019 06:10:00
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In a paper, scientists from Waseda University say the pair of galaxies began the process of joining together when the universe was just one billion years old, making them among the first to exist.

Scientists say they have discovered the earliest known example of two galaxies merging, with a pair that dates back a mind-bending 13 billion years.

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