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Distant blue galaxy may reveal Earth’s birth secrets
A small blue galaxy far, far away might shed light on the origins of our universe. A research team from Indiana University reports that the galaxy, dubbed Leoncino, or "little lion," holds the lowest level of metals or heavy chemical elements ever seen in any gravitationally-bound system of stars.
The astronomers say this galaxy, located about 30 million light-years from Earth in the Leo Minor constellation, could reveal details about the Big Bang itself. The study was just published in the Astrophysical Journal.
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