Mysterious Ultra-Massive Galaxies Spotted in Early Universe

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as our own Milky Way Galaxy - already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope

The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Just Observed the Universe's Youngest Galaxies Being Born

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed the birth of some of the youngest galaxies ever witnessed.