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Hubble Detects Ultraviolet Light from Tiny Starburst Galaxy in Early Universe

Just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, MXDFz4.4 -- a galaxy 100 times smaller than the Milky Way -- was blasting ionizing light through the neutral hydrogen that once shrouded everything, giving astronomers their closest-ever look at cosmic reionization in action.

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