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Super Fast Spinning Galaxy


Dubbelosix

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I rephrase what has been stated, while dark matter effects seem to only take effect after 4 billion years, there is a a rare few galaxies that have harbored even larger black holes during this time period... In conversations with a scientist (Matti Pitkannen) it seems more likely than ever now that some supermassive black holes where always there. This doesn't take away evidence that supermassive black holes create drag effects, but actually adds to it. The galaxy in question is;

 

UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known

 

UGC 12591 spins at about 480 km/sec, almost twice as fast as our Milky Way, and the fastest rotation rate yet measured.

 

The light we see today from UGC 12591 left about 400 million years ago, when trees were first developing on Earth.

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