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What was it like when the first #galaxies began to form?
Even after the first #stars form, those overdense regions #gravitationally attract #matter and also merge. Here's how they grow into galaxies.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/first-galaxies-began-to-form/
#cosmos #space #universe

What was it like when the first galaxies began to form?

Even after the first stars form, those overdense regions gravitationally attract matter and also merge. Here's how they grow into galaxies.

Big Think
Earth Is a Potato
Gravitationally speaking
Earth, in fact, is an ellipsoid, a little bit squashed at the poles and fat around the equator, not to mention speckled with mountain ranges. And then you have the geoid people—the ones who think of Earth less as an imperfect sphere and more as a lumpy potato.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/earth-shape-geoid-gravitational-influence/674664/?utm_source=feed #earth #potato #gravitationally #sphere #ellipsoid #geoid #LumpyPotatoid
Consider Potato Earth

Gravitationally speaking

The Atlantic