Scientists finally got a glimpse of what the universe looked like more than 13 billion years ago – and what they found is 'something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science.'
and where NASA says gravity is"so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape."
"Regardless, the amount of mass we discovered means that the known mass in stars at this period of our universe is up to 100 times greater than we had previously thought," Leja said."...The revelation that massive galaxy formation began extremely early in the history of the universe upends what many of us had thought was settled science. We've been informally calling these objects 'universe breakers' — and they have been living up to their name so far.
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