The Newly Discovered Galaxy, Named MACS0647-JD (IMAGE)

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The Newly Discovered Galaxy, Named MACS0647-JD

Caption

The newly discovered galaxy, named MACS0647-JD, is very young and only a tiny fraction of the size of our Milky Way. The object is observed 420 million years after the big bang. The inset at left shows a close-up of the young dwarf galaxy. This image is a composite taken with Hubble's WFC 3 and ACS on Oct. 5 and Nov. 29, 2011.

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NASA, ESA, and M. Postman and D. Coe (STScI) and CLASH Team.

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