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Cosmological Evolution in Radiogalaxies

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The evidence for Cosmological evolution in radiogalaxies is now stronger, and the shortness of the time scale for this evolution (109 years) compared with the typical ages of galaxies poses a serious problem for the conventional view of galactic history.

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ROWAN-ROBINSON, M. Cosmological Evolution in Radiogalaxies. Nature 229, 388–391 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229388a0

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