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Scientists use rare 'Einstein Cross' to learn about young galaxy with surprisingly old stars


"The discovery of this exceptional object has allowed us to accurately study the nature of the stars at the center of an elliptical galaxy in a remote era of the universe, when the galaxy was still young."

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