Artist's Illustration of a Dusty, Rotating Distant Galaxy (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Artist's Illustration of a Dusty, Rotating Distant Galaxy

Caption

Artist's illustration of a galaxy in the early universe that is very dusty and shows the first signs of a rotationally supported disk. In this image, the red color represents gas, and blue/brown represents dust as seen in radio waves with ALMA. Many other galaxies are visible in the background, based on optical data from VLT and Subaru.

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B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO, NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru

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