AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING:
Early Galaxies Baffle Observers, But Theorists Shrug
Robert Irion
ATLANTA, GEORGIA--Just after NASA's Spirit rover bounced onto Mars, about 2000 astronomers roved here 4 to 8 January to discuss more distant objects at the 203rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Astronomers announced the discovery of a startling number of mature galaxies in the young universe.