Discover the birth of ancient galaxies

For the first time astronomers have captured the fleeting image of a giant galaxy in the newly formed phase when the universe is about 3 billion years old.

Pictures of distant galaxies - (Photo: NASA)

Scientists call this elliptical neonatal galaxy 'Sparky' , and it was discovered thanks to observational data from the Spitzer Space and Space Telescope (Spitzer) pair of NASA. , European Space Agency Herschel aerial observatory (ESA) and Keck Observatory in Hawaii (USA).

NASA describes the galaxy as in a state where "the galactic core shines thanks to the light of millions of newborn stars, which are forming at stormy speeds."

According to Space.com, Sparky is an impressive ' star ' factory, producing 300 stars a year, compared to the Milky Way's 10 stars / year.

However, such fertility will decrease over time as galaxies mature and age.

Despite the impressive star production speed, it entered the Earth's telescope cameras, Sparky is still very small compared to the Milky Way, according to its horizontal estimate of only about 6,000 light-years, compared to with 100,000 light of our galaxy.

Sparky's light lost 11 billion light-years to reach the globe.