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James Webb Space Telescope discovers most distant and earliest Milky Way 'twin' ever seen. Meet dragon-galaxy Zhúlóng (image)


"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way in shape, size, and stellar mass."

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