The most distant cousin of Milky Way ever observed (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

The most distant cousin of Milky Way ever observed

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The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way.

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© NASA/CSA/ESA, M. Xiao (University of Geneva), G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute), Dawn JWST Archive

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