"thirddegree:  thetruthisviral:  Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that shouldn't exist  This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn't exist at all. It's called a ""grand-design"" spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA's Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient spiral galaxy we've ever discovered. ""The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks,"" said UCLA astrophysicist Alice Shapley in a press release. ""Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?""  Read more: here  It's old.Really old.Impossibly old."
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