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Astronomers find bizarre ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy in the early universe. Here’s why that’s a big deal (photo)

Astronomers find bizarre ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy in the early universe. Here’s why that’s a big deal (photo)

A distant galaxy appears to have more than a dozen tightly packed star-forming clumps arranged like a bunch of grapes — far more than astronomers thought possible in a galaxy from the early universe. The galaxy, nicknamed “Cosmic Grapes,” is believed to have formed just 930 million years after the Big Bang. A new study has revealed that the galaxy …

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