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SPT0418-47, John Bozeman

SPT0418-47

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SPT0418-47, John Bozeman

SPT0418-47

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Peering into the early universe, astronomers uncovered a surprise: a young galaxy that looks a lot like our home, the Milky Way. The newfound galaxy is called SPT0418-47 and, given its great distance from Earth, astronomers see the galaxy as it was when the universe was just 1.4 billion years old — roughly 12 billion years before today. The discovery held a big surprise for the researchers. Stars were forming quickly, as expected, since there was abundant gas available when the universe was young. But despite the chaos, SPT0418-47 had a well-defined, rotating disk and galactic "bulge" at the center. That's a similar structure to the Milky Way's today; moreover, the observed bulge is the most distant ever found in our universe. 

Color Mapped:
Red - F444W
Green - F356W
Blue - F277W

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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SPT0418-47, John Bozeman