Scientists Discover New Galaxy, Name It After Football Superstar

Scientists with the European Southern Observatory announce the discovery of a previously undocumented galaxy.

They made this known in a new report accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal and announced that the Galaxy has been named CR7 the moniker for Cristiano Ronaldo and his shirt number of 7.

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The galaxy which they say is theabsolute brightest thus far discovered in the young cosmos is officially named COSMOS Redshift 7 aldo CR7 but inspiration for the name, the astronomers say came from Cristiano Ronaldo.

They say in their report: “The nickname was inspired by the great Portuguese footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is known as CR7.”

Ronaldo can now add 'named after a galaxy' on his resume.

Ronaldo can now add ‘named after a galaxy’ on his resume.

The scientist explain the origin of the name; COSMOS Redshift 7.

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They say COSMOS is added as it is a patch of sky in the constellation Sextans and redshift appears as it is measure of a galaxy’s distance to our planet and its age.

They say: “The higher the redshift, the more distant the galaxy and the further back in the history of the Universe it is seen.”

Redshift of 7, CR7 the scientist say is one of the oldest galaxies.

Cristiano Ronaldo is seen as one of the best players to have ever played soccer. The Portuguese has won three world footballer of the year awards in addition to two champions league trophy.

He is also the reigning world footballer of the year.

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