New York, Nov 14 (IANS) In a first, astronomers have spotted close encounter between two hyper-luminous starburst galaxies -- astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galaxies - in the early universe. Astronomers captured these two interacting galaxies, collectively known as ADFS-27, as they began the gradual process of merging into a single, massive elliptical galaxy. The ADFS-27 system has approximately 50 times the amount of star-forming gas as the Milky Way, said the study published in the Astrophysical Journal. The ADFS-27 galaxy pair is located approximately 12.7 billion light-years from Earth in the direction of the Dorado constellation. At this distance, astronomers viewed this system as it appeared when the universe was only about one billion years old.

Source: Economic Times November 14, 2017 06:11 UTC