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History - Big History

The origin of galaxies and stars

Galaxy group called Robert's Quartet from Wikimedia Commons
"Robert's Quartet" by ESO - http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0535a/. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Threshold 2 looks at how the first stars and galaxies formed.

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