SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 18, 2026Live Science

Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang

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Astronomers confirmed COSMOS-74706, the earliest known barred spiral galaxy like our Milky Way, existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery supports models showing barred galaxy structures formed 12.5 billion years ago.

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