A Tiny Galaxy is Born

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Posted by michael on Friday December 20, 2002 @02:08AM from the baby-shower dept.

phlack writes "New images from the Hubble Telescope show a new galaxy (only 68 million light years away) is in the stages of being formed, despite its neighbors (such as us) having already existed for billions of years. This can give astronomers new insight into the sgates of galaxy formation. Information can be found at the hubble telescope site, as well as ScienceDaily."

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Light.... by Cyno01 · 2002-12-20 02:21 · Score: 5, Funny

(only 68 million light years away) is in the stages of being formed
Uh, this galaxy was new 68 million years ago, its probably formed by now, /.: old news, stuff that mattered.

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1. Re:Light.... by Simon+Field · 2002-12-20 06:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Wouldn't that be "matter getting stuffed"?
  Actually, the point of the story is that this is "new". Most of the galaxies we see are billions of years old. To see one forming only 68 million years ago is unusual.
  Of course, the galaxy was discovered 20 years ago, so even that "news" is "olds".
  My favorite quote from the article is this one: "the young system sits in a region of comparatively empty space known as a void".
  Well, yes...
  
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Darn... by Koos+Baster · 2002-12-20 03:12 · Score: 2, Funny

You discovered my little terra-forming experiment...

...'Guess I'll have to make it even tinier, next time...

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Stages of galaxy formation. by taphu · 2002-12-20 03:39 · Score: 4, Funny

This can give astronomers new insight into the sgates of galaxy formation.

Right, all we have to do is monitor it for a few hundred million years and we'll have the whole story!! :)
Re:Okay, repeat after me... by taphu · 2002-12-20 10:02 · Score: 2, Funny

Why is it that people forget that religion is the source of revelations such as the earth is FLAT, and the center of the universe?

Actually, given a suitably warped geometric framework, the earth is flat. Also, the rest of the universe can be considered to move around a stationary earth with the same mathematical validity as any other point in the universe. :)