Galaxy seed found from 3 billion years after Big Bang
Dense stellar cluster may show how massive galaxies get their start
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ALL GROWN UP Giant elliptical galaxies like NGC 1132 (shown), which contains trillions of suns and is more than twice as wide as the Milky Way, could have grown from a dense cluster of stars such as one astronomers have identified.
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration