Science Daily reports that Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of the Universe, there was potential for planet formation and life.The research results have been published in the scientific journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.
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Think about the implications of galaxies with lots of Goldilocks planets for water-based life to begin and evolve billions of years before the Sun ever came into existence. I wonder how many sentient civilizations have long passed away while we were still not much more than amoebas?
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