Using Hubble Astronomers Spot Oldest Spiral Galaxy Ever Seen
"Astronomers made a surprising announcement today: They have found a spiral galaxy that existed very early
in the universe — the oldest spiral galaxy ever seen."
"The galaxy is special because such a well-formed spiral wasn't thought to have existed this early on, when the universe was tumultuous."
"'As you go back in time to the early universe, galaxies look really strange, clumpy and irregular, not symmetric,' Alice Shapley, a UCLA associate professor of physics and astronomy, and co-author of the study, said in statement. 'The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks. Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?'"