The Early Days of the Milky Way Artist Simulation (VIDEO)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

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The universe 13,000 million years ago was very different from the universe we know today. It is understood that stars were forming at a very rapid rate, forming the first dwarf galaxies, whose mergers gave rise to the more massive present-day galaxies, including our own.

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Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).

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