James Webb Unveils “Torch Dragon,” a Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist Yet

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just one billion years after the Big Bang. Defying expectations, Zhúlóng already sports a mature, Milky Way–like structure, showing that spiral arms and organized galactic forms can arise far earlier than previously believed. Its discovery through the groundbreaking [...]