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Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin

Science Daily · May 7, 2026, 9:50 PM

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something that shouldn’t exist—at least not so early in the universe. A massive galaxy, formed less than 2 billion years after the Big Bang, appears to have no rotation at all, a trait usually seen only in much older, evolved galaxies. Th

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