Is there another Milky Way?
The discovery of a new Milky Way-like galaxy by a group of astronomers in the Netherlands sheds new light on space
A group of astronomers at Leiden University, Netherlands, discovered a new distant Milky Way-like galaxy, which they have named REBELS-25.
This discovery could change the understanding of how galaxies form, according to the researchers, and they indicate that it could be younger than the Milky Way. They add that “it shares its rotation and structure, instead of appearing disordered and chaotic like other early galaxies.”
According to the researchers, the light reaching our planet from REBELS-25 “was emitted just 700 million years after the universe formed 13.8 billion years ago, a surprisingly short time for it to have become so orderly.”
To observe the rotation and structure of the new galaxy, astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile. This work yielded data on more developed features “such as spiral arms, and they plan to carry out further observations to confirm whether they actually exist.”
Andrew Blain, professor of astrophysics at the University of Leicester (UK), highlighted the role of the ALMA telescope in this discovery, stressing that in the past something like this had only been achieved in simulations.
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Source: cnnespanol
(Reference image source: Chanuwat srithong in Unsplash)
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