Primordial Pinwheel: Astronomers Spot Oldest Prominent Spiral Galaxy Yet
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
The early universe was a rough-and-tumble place. Galaxies smashed together with much more regularity than they do today, and the insides of galaxies were chaotic, clumpy pods of stars. It was no place for an orderly, delicate swirl of a galaxy like the Milky Way or Andromeda. [More]