This was when the Universe was 1.4 billion years old — just 10% of its current age — and galaxies were still forming.
The “baby” SPT0418-47 was picked up by the powerful Alma radio telescope in Chile using a technique called gravitational lensing, where a nearby galaxy acts as a powerful magnifying glass, the ESO said in a statement.
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Unknown titleht to reach Earth and so our image of it is from deep in the past, said the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which was involved in the discovery. Also read | A first look at a forming world <span>This was when the Universe was 1.4 billion years old — just 10% of its current age — and galaxies were still forming. The “baby” SPT0418-47 was picked up by the powerful Alma radio telescope in Chile using a technique called gravitational lensing, where a nearby galaxy acts as a powerful magnifying glass, the ESO said in a statement. It has features similar to our Milky Way — a rotating disc and a bulge, which is the high density of stars packed tightly around the galactic centre. “This is the first time a bulge has Summary
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