A dynamically evolved galaxy in the early Universe
Caroline Foster
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41550-026-02875-w A non-star-forming, non-rotating galaxy less than two billion years after the Big Bang has been identified using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Galaxies of this type should be rare in the early Universe and are generally thought to represent the endpoint of galaxy evolution.