fyeahuniverse:  The Most Ancient Spiral Galaxy Discovered? Around 10.7 billion years old is the record now held by this beautiful spiral galaxy, BX442. Discovered using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this discovery puts the researchers at odds with current wisdom. Prior theories stated that such spiral galaxies wouldn't have formed at such an early stage of the universe, but this discovery seems to contradict this. Image credit: Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics/Jo Bergeron
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