The galaxy, cataloged as BX442, lies 10.5 billion light-years away from Earth. This means that light from the galaxy comes from a time when the universe was much younger than it is now. Alice Shapley, a member of the team from UCLA, says, “Among the irregular and clumpy galaxies of the early Universe, this well-ordered spiral stuck out like a sore thumbâ€"a beautiful and amazing sore thumb.†The astronomers are still unsure how the spiral structure could have formed at such a young age, speculating that a nearby dwarf galaxy may be providing the gravitational tidal forces necessary to sweep out the larger galaxy’s spiral arms.Hubble continues to amaze astronomers by continuing to reveal stunning images of our Universe. According to NASA, Hubble is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space. Scientists have used Hubble to observe the most distant stars and galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system. “Our view of the universe and our place w!
ithin it has never been the same,” a description of Hubble reads. In April 1990, the Hubble telescope was launched into orbit aboard the shuttle Discovery.<br />http://www.capitolcolumn.com/news/nasas-hubble-continues-to-impress-spots-earliest-spiral-galaxy/
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