New survey finds 22 of the earliest galaxies

New survey finds 22 of the earliest galaxies

A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang.

These and other galaxies from the universe's childhood could help shed light on the conditions that governed the early universe.

With recent technological advances, astronomers have been able to observe more of the so-called reionization era, the farthest back in time that astronomers can observe.

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