James Webb Space Telescope Discovers an 8.5-Billion-Year-Old “Jellyfish” Galaxy Never Seen by Astronomers

James Webb Space Telescope Discovers an 8.5-Billion-Year-Old “Jellyfish” Galaxy Never Seen by Astronomers

Astrophysicists at the University of Waterloo have discovered the most distant jellyfish galaxy ever observed, offering a glimpse into how galaxies formed and evolved more than 8 billion years ago. Since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ongoing discoveries by astronomers have driven a steady wave of insights that have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of how the universe developed.  Jellyfish galaxies, as their name im…