The NGC 4013 galaxy is seen in a 2001 image taken by the Hubble telescope. A heavy form of hydrogen created just moments after the Big Bang has been found in larger quantities than expected in the Milky Way



Just moments after the Big Bang, a heavy form of hydrogen is formed in larger quantities than previously expected in the Milky Way! This new finding once confirmed, could radically alter the age-old theories about star and galaxy formation.



According to a French and U.S. team of astrophysicists, this form of hydrogen is called deuterium. The discovery seems could not be made earlier, because this hydrogen-form has apparently been hiding out in interstellar dust grains — changing from an easily detectable gaseous form to a harder-to-see solid form!





The researchers have used the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer of NASA or FUSE satellite to spot the hidden hydrogen, according to the August 20 issue of the Astrophysical Journal.