Behemoth Galaxy From 12 Billion Years Ago Defies Spin, Outnumbers Milky Way in Stars
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The James Webb Space Telescope revealed XMM-VID1-2075, a massive galaxy from about 12 billion years ago with several times more stars than the Milky Way, yet showing no detectable rotation, challenging current ideas about early galaxy dynamics and suggesting a possible single high-energy interaction rather than multiple mergers.
- This Galaxy Has Several Times More Stars Than the Milky Way, Formed 12 Billion Years Ago, and Does Not Rotate at All The Daily Galaxy
- UC Davis researchers investigate young galaxy that isn’t spinning KCRA
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- A dead galaxy from the early universe is forcing astronomers to rethink galactic evolution The Brighter Side of News
- Webb Discovers Slow-Rotating Galaxy in Early Universe Sci.News
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