Early galaxy went through 'teenage growth spurt'
21 Mar 2010, 21:49 UTC
An international team of astronomers, led by Dr Mark Swinbank, RAS Norman Lockyer Fellow, have found a massive galaxy in the early Universe creating stars like our Sun up to 100 times faster than the modern-day Milky Way.Image: NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster MACS J2135-010217 (centre), which is gravitationally lensing the distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102. Credit: NASA / ESA / HST
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