2023.03.31

Star Child

A galaxy that is just emerging from hiding may be one of the youngest ever discovered, offering a potential portal to the secrets of the early

Peekaboo galaxy shimmers to the right of a foreground star. (credit: NASA, ESA and Igor Karachentsev/ SAO RAS; Image processing: Alyssa Pagan/ STScI)

Peekaboo galaxy shimmers to the right of a foreground star. (credit: NASA, ESA and Igor Karachentsev/ SAO RAS; Image processing: Alyssa Pagan/ STScI)

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