Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe

Many of these galaxies formed some 10 billion years ago or longer, going far back into the history of the universe

Astronomers found an abundance of Milky Way-like galaxies in the early universe (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Galaxies from the early universe are more like our own Milky Way than previously thought, researchers say.

A new study flips the entire narrative of how scientists think about structure formation in the universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories.