Massive Galaxies (IMAGE)

Simons Foundation

Massive Galaxies

Caption

Two titanic galaxies inhabited the early universe just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, as seen in this illustration. The larger of the pair, right, is the most massive galaxy ever seen from when the universe was young.

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NRAO/AUI/NSF; D. Berry

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