Astronomers capture the highest resolution image yet of a 'monster galaxy' 12 billion light years fr

[Free Vulcan]

Astronomers have captured the sharpest image yet of a 'monster galaxy' that gives birth to new stars 1,000 times faster than the Milky Way.

The team's observations reveal this runaway star formation is the result of unstable clouds of molecules scattered through the galaxy, which is around 12.4 billion light years from Earth.

Monster galaxies are thought to be the ancestors of the huge elliptical galaxies like the Milky Way, and scientists hope that studying them will shed light on the formation and evolution of the small section of space we call home.

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[jpsb]

The Milky Way is NOT an elliptical galaxy.

[Joe Wooten]

Also, they do not mention that it was doing this 12.4 BILLION years ago, not now. I'd bet if we could see it as it looks now, it would be a very red, quiet galaxy.