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galaxy

[gal-uhk-see] / ˈgæl ək si /


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"The four planets we studied will likely contract into 'super-Earths' and 'sub-Neptunes' -- the most common types of planets in our galaxy, but we've never had such a clear picture of them in their formative years."

From Science Daily

These observations have challenged long standing theories about how the first stars and galaxies formed.

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Baer-Way explained that stars in distant galaxies are typically too faint to study in detail before they explode.

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Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extremely powerful flashes of radio waves that last only milliseconds and come from distant galaxies.

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The simulations point to dense, gas-rich early galaxies as the key driver of this rapid growth.

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