A Blow-Up of a Small Portion of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

A Blow-Up of a Small Portion of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field

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The red galaxy at the center is a dying galaxy at 12 billion years ago. Astronomers measured the motion of stars in the galaxy and found that the core of the galaxy is nearly fully formed.

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NAOJ/M. Tanaka

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