Jurassic Space: Ancient Galaxies Come Together After Billions of Years
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard: a group of small, ancient galaxies that has waited 10 billion years to come together. These "late bloomers" are on their way to building a large elliptical galaxy.