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SPT0418-47 galaxy

August 23 , 2020 1431 days 938 0
  • The Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics found a baby galaxy called “SPT0418-47”.
  • It is look-alike of the Milky galaxy at 12 billion light-years away.
  • It does not have any spiral arms like the Milky Way but has a rotating disc and a bulge which are similar to the Milky Way.
  • The team utilised gravitational lensing concept using the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) Telescope.

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