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Giant Galaxy Found That Doesn't Spin—And It's Way Too Old!

Friday 8 May 2026 ScienceDaily
Giant Galaxy Found That Doesn't Spin—And It's Way Too Old!

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The James Webb Space Telescope spotted something impossible: a huge galaxy that isn't spinning, even though it formed less than 2 billion years after the Big Bang. Scientists thought only old, mature galaxies could stop spinning, but this one is breaking all the rules! This discovery might mean we've got a lot to learn about how galaxies are actually born and grow up in space.
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