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Galaxies: Primeval twins

Spectroscopic and imaging data for low metallicity galaxies observed during the peak epoch of star formation offer detailed insights into the most distant galaxies discovered to date.

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Figure 1: Young stars and galaxy-scale outflows in distant galaxies.

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Shapley, A. Galaxies: Primeval twins. Nat Astron 1, 0054 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0054

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