Barred Spiral Galaxy Spotted Just Two Billion Years after Big Bang

Jan 13, 2026 - 12:45
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Barred Spiral Galaxy Spotted Just Two Billion Years after Big Bang
COSMOS-74706: an unsharp mask overlaid onto the F200W, F277W, and F356W filter composition; the white lines are logarithmic spirals fitted to points along the arm structures and a line segment fitted to the approximately North to South aligned bar structure. Image credit: Daniel Ivanov.

Using the high resolution images from the NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted one of the earliest barred spiral galaxies known, shaping our view of cosmic evolution.

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