Robyn Sanderson and collaborators are unearthing the history of the universe’s formation by looking for clues that reveal its ‘galactic fossil record.’
Yhe universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging, and changing appearance. Looking ever deeper into the universe, astronomers see galaxies at earlier stages in their lives. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes only provide snapshots, squeezed into a human lifetime.
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