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Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of tiny, young galaxies that are brimming with star formation. The galaxies are typically a hundred times less massive than the Milky Way galaxy, yet they churn out stars at such a furious pace that their stellar content would double in just 10 million years. By comparison, the Milky Way would take a thousand times longer to double its popu...

Design and build quality

The Galaxy Note seems to borrow a lot from the Galaxy S2 in terms of design. It makes sense, seeing as they’re both from the same “family” of devices, and it’s also good to see a manufacturer stick to designs that work (with slight modifications where things don’t work).

The front of the Note is mostly screen, which we’ll get to later. Below the screen, in the middle, is the hard home button. To th...