Webb just found a galaxy that shouldn’t exist for another 10 billion years — and it quietly breaks the textbook timeline of how galaxies grow up

AI Briefing

• – Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a massive galaxy in the early universe that refuses to spin, challenging the standard textbook timeline of galaxy growth.
• – The galaxy, which is about 1.2 billion light-years away, existed when the cosmos was less than 2 billion years old.
• – Its existence pokes a hole in our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution.