"James Webb Telescope Reveals Early Galaxies Shaped Like Pool Noodles and Surfboards"

Analysis of images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope suggests that galaxies in the early universe were often flat and elongated, resembling breadsticks, rather than round like balls of pizza dough. These findings challenge previous assumptions about the shapes of early galaxies and provide new insights into their formation and evolution. The research also indicates that the Milky Way may have appeared more like a breadstick billions of years ago. The study, based on near-infrared images from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey, reveals that these distant galaxies are less massive and are precursors to more massive galaxies like our own. The elongated shape of these early galaxies may be linked to the presence of filaments of dark matter in the early universe.