Far or near, all galaxies were thought to be formed in the first half billion years of the formation of the universe ... that is, about 13 billion years ago.
Note that we're seeing the distant ones in a younger stage of development.
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scientists believe that more distant galaxies formed when the universe was younger and gas clouds began to collapse under the force of gravity, leading to the formation of stars and galaxies. This process took place over billions of years, shaping the structure of the universe as we see it today.
Scientists believe that galaxies were formed from the gravitational collapse of large clouds of gas and dust in the early universe. As these clouds collapsed, they formed smaller structures that eventually evolved into galaxies. The exact mechanisms of galaxy formation are still an area of active research in astrophysics.
Astronomers believe that quasars represent an early stage of galactic evolution because they are extremely luminous and compact objects located at the centers of galaxies. The high luminosity of quasars is thought to be powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes. This intense accretion phase is believed to occur during the early formation of galaxies.
Galaxies began forming around 13.6 billion years ago, not long after the Big Bang that created the universe. Over time, gravity caused matter to clump together, eventually forming the galaxies we observe today.
Mister Edwin Hubble did just that, before the 1920's, many astronomers thought that our galaxy included everyobject in space, in 1924 Edwin Hubble proved that other galaxies existed beyond the milky way
Gravity.