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Science 9 February 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5250, p. 754
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5250.754
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Tim Appenzeller

A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology has discovered what appears to be a full-fledged spiral galaxy that existed when the universe was only about 10% of its current age. If so, the finding would contradict accepted theories of galaxy formation. Researchers are therefore looking for alternative explanations for the observation.




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