JWST discovers baffling 'Big Wheel' galaxy in the ancient universe

Behold 'Big Wheel': An Unusually Monstrous Galaxy From the Early Universe

Astronomers using the Webb Space Telescope spotted the gigantic—and growing—primordial galaxy.

JWST discovers baffling 'Big Wheel' galaxy in the ancient universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an object they've dubbed 'Big Wheel,' a gargantuan galaxy spinning through the early universe and growing larger by the second.

In-depth observations of the Webb Space Telescope revealed a galaxy that is exceptionally large in the young universe, 2 billion years after the Big Bang. East was named the galaxy of the Great Wheel. The discovery is published in Nature Astronomy. Observational studies have shown in recent years that records of galaxies were already in place from the first billion years of the Universe.

Giant galaxy that shouldn’t exist discovered from the early universe

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery that challenges current theories of galaxy formation. A colossal disk-shaped galaxy, nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” has been found just two billion years after the Big Bang. Its vast size—similar to that of the Milky Way today—suggests that galaxies may have formed and grown much faster in the early universe than previously believed. A Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) capt…