Incredible Spiral Galaxy Is 10.7 Billion Years Old - Mashable

Mashable is a leading source for news, information and resources for the Connected Generation. Mashable reports on the importance of digital innovation and how it empowers and inspires people around the world. Mashable’s 20 million unique visitors and 6 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.&#8220;We first thought this could just be an illusion, and that perhaps we were being led astray by the picture,&#8221; Shapley said. &#8220;What we found when we took this spectral image of this galaxy is that the spiral arms do belong to this galaxy; it wasn&#8217;t an illusion. It&#8217;s rotating and has spiral arms. Not only does it look like a rotating disk galaxy &#8212; it really is. We were blown away.&#8221;<br />http://mashable.com/2012/07/19/oldest-spiral-galaxy-in-universe/