When we apply the Jeans length criterion to the conditions of the early universe, it is found that the structures most likely to have formed first are:
A)long filaments of galaxies.
B)individual spiral galaxies.
C)individual elliptical galaxies.
D)globular clusters.

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The Jeans length criterion suggests that the first structures to form in the early universe were small, dense regions like globular clusters, as they could collapse under their own gravity before larger structures.

When We Apply the Jeans Length Criterion to the Conditions