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Green Pea Galaxies Could Help Astronomers Understand Early Universe

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A montage of the six Green Pea galaxies that University of Michigan astronomy researchers studied. Image credit: Anne Jaskot

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013.  The rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers’ understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early universe, say University of Michigan researchers.

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Reionization occurred a few hundred million years after the Big Bang as the first stars were turning on…

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