Massive Disk Found In Early Universe Challenges Galaxy Formation Theories
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  • 11 months ago
A massive, rotating disk galaxy designated DLA0817g and nicknamed the "Wolfe Disk," formed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. It was discovered using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello
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