Nearby galaxies as pointers to a better theory of cosmic evolution

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7298, 2010, Pages 565-569

  Peebles, P J E ^a   Nusser, Adi ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 77953227870     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09101     Document Type: Review

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