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Nature 442, 753-754 (17 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442753a; Published online 16 August 2006

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Astronomy: Young spirals get older

Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr1

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These days, galaxies come in very different shapes and sizes. Cutting-edge technologies allow a detailed peek at how things looked in the Universe's early days — 'the same, but different' is the tentative message.

On page 786 of this issue1, Genzel et al. present remarkable observations of what appears to be a newly formed spiral galaxy, observed when the Universe was just a fifth of its current age.

  1. Robert C. Kennicutt Jr is at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.
    Email: robk@ast.cam.ac.uk

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