ESO — ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike — Science Release eso2013

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 12 August 2020 12 August 2020 — ESO Science Release eso2013 ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike— Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the sky Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, have revealed an extremely distant and therefore very young galaxy that looks surprisingly like our Milky Way. The galaxy is so far away its light has taken more than 12 billion years to reach us: we see it as it was when the Universe was just 1.4 billion years old. It is also surprisingly unchaotic, contradicting theories that all galaxies in the early Universe were turbulent and unstable. This unexpected discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies form, giving new insights into the past of our Universe. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2013/ Kind regards, The ESO Department of Communication 12 August 2020 Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Pictures of the Week 10 August 2020 Red Sky at Night 3 August 2020 Spheres on Spheres Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich              ESO Pictures of the Week You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to ESO News. Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser Follow us on: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany