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Date: 16 October 2007 Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope Depicts: I Zwicky 18 Copyright: NASA, ESA, and A. Aloisi (European Space Agency and Space Telescope Science Institute) Show in archive: false
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope quashed the possibility that what was previously believed to be a toddler galaxy in the nearby universe may actually be considered an adult. Called I Zwicky 18, this galaxy has a youthful appearance that resembles galaxies typically found only in the early universe. Hubble has now found faint, older stars within this galaxy, suggesting that the galaxy may have formed at the same time as most other galaxies.