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Gigantic 11 billion year-old galaxies viewed for first time ever

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Geekz Snow
Gigantic 11 billion year-old galaxies viewed for first time ever

This isn't your typical story about a galaxy from a long time ago that's also far, far away.

Astronomers have spotted 39 enormous galaxies that are billions of light-years away from Earth, creating large numbers of stars the size of our Sun.

They've also identified several other celestial objects previously unknown to humanity.

“This is the first time that such a large population of massive galaxies was confirmed during the first 2 billion years of the 13.7-billion-year life of the universe.

These were previously invisible to us,” said researcher Tao Wang in a statement.

“This finding contravenes current models for that period of cosmic evolution and will help to add some details, which have been missing until now.”

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