Images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show galaxies that are flat and elongated versus being round. Researchers compared the shapes to surfboards and pool noodles. Researchers believe the Milky Way first looked like a surfboard but has since changed shape.
Young galaxies in the early universe adopted elongated shapes as they formed along filaments of the cosmic web, before evolving into more disc-like galaxies.
NASA brings us a Holiday-themed site from a dwarf galaxy with dazzling new stars. In the spirit of the Holidays and Christmas, NASA released the latest sighting of the Hubble Space Telescope, which captures a dazzling display of Yuletide-themed heavenly bodies with a dwarf galaxy's newborn stars.