CNN —Astronomers have spied an intriguing phenomenon in the distant universe — a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s challenging key theories on how galaxies evolve.
Like our home galaxy, the newly discovered ceers-2112 is a barred spiral galaxy, and it’s now the most distant of its kind ever observed.
While massive spiral galaxies are common in the Milky Way’s cosmic neighborhood, that hasn’t always been the case.
The bars take shape when stars within spiral galaxies rotate in an orderly fashion, as they do in the Milky Way.
“The discovery of ceers-2112 paves the way for more bars to be discovered in the young universe,” de la Vega said.
Persons:
James Webb, it’s, Webb, “, ”, Luca Costantin, hasn’t, Alexander de la Vega, didn’t, la Vega
Organizations:
CNN —, James Webb Space, Spanish National Research Council, Centro, Astrobiología, University of California, James Webb Space Telescope
Locations:
Madrid, Riverside, ceers