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Old 28-03-2009, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert9 View Post
Reported in today's "Age", 27/3/09, p3. A dwarf galaxy named SUCDI . It was formed not long after the "Big Bang" sitting in the Sombrero galaxy. Discovered by five astronomers from Swinbourne Uni and three Americans in Hawaii. At 33,000 ly its the closest to Earth, and could be up to 10billion years old.
Robert

Can I ask a question?

How could a galaxy near to us possibly be dated not long after the "Big Bang".

That would mean that our galaxy would have to be near the centre of the physical universe and I doubt that is the case given the 300 billion or so galaxies estimated to exist.

Also it would assume scientists have identified the centre of the physical universe and I do not know that anybody has.

Greg.
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