A small, irregular galaxy, the SMC represents a type of galaxy more common in the early Universe.
作为一个小而不规则的星系，小麦哲伦星系呈现出早期宇宙星系的普遍类型。
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Though never seen before, this new type of dwarf galaxy may be common throughout the more distant and early universe, when pristine gas was more pervasive.