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James Webb reveals a barred spiral galaxy shockingly early in the Universe
General • February 27, 2026
Astronomers have
spotted what may be one of the universe’s
earliest barred
spiral galaxies — a striking cosmic structure forming just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy, COSMOS-74706, dates back about 11.5 billion years and contains a stellar bar, a bright, linear band of stars and gas stretching across its center, similar to the one in our own Milky Way.
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