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ALMA finds large numbers of massive galaxies in the early universe

Imagine that you’re on an open field in the middle of the night. In the distance is the edge of a darkforest. Using your binoculars, you see dozens of fireflies buzzing around between the trees. Great,that tells you what kind of animals live out there, right? But then you...

Life’s building blocks found in ‘primitive’ galaxy

The basic building blocks for life may already have been around when the universe was still young. Living things consist of organic molecules. Organic molecules consist of various atoms, like hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen. From these atoms, you can build all kinds of organic molecules: simple ones with...

Baby galaxies rotate like mature spirals

ALMA has discovered that young baby galaxies were already very well-behaved. The discovery is a big surprise to astronomers. Everyone believed that newborn galaxies would be very chaotic, with gas moving around in every possible direction. Instead, ALMA found two baby galaxies that already rotated like our own mature...

Massive galaxies found in early Universe

If you’ve just created your own little school garden, you don’t expect to find a large tree growing there within a week. Likewise, astronomers didn’t expect large galaxies to exist already at a time when the Universe was very young. Still, that’s exactly what they found, using the large...

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