... Observing . ... Star Atlas . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... Fast-forming stars . A new view of a distant galaxy reveals rapid star formation. ... A furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought. ... Similar dusty galaxies in the early Universe may contain most of the star formation at those times. ...