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This illustration compares the Milky Way with a compact galaxy in the early universe. Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy.

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English: This illustration compares the Milky Way with a compact galaxy in the early universe. Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy. They are whirling at a speed of one million miles per hour--about twice the speed of our Sun through the Milky Way. The galaxies are a fraction the size of our Milky Way, and so may have evolved over billions of years into the full-grown galaxies seen around us today.
Date 5 August 2009 (upload date)
Source Hyperactive Galaxies In The Young Universe
Author NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI) COMPARISON OF MILKY WAY WITH COMPACT GALAXY IN EARLY UNIVERSE (ARTIST'S ILLUSTRATION)
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