Space & Spaceflight Behold ‘Big Wheel’: An Unusually Monstrous Galaxy From the Early Universe Astronomers using the Webb Space Telescope spotted the gigantic—and growing—primordial galaxy.

Astronomers discover large, early galaxy called the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant The Big Wheel galaxy existed within the first two billion years after the Big Bang ...

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal disk galaxy in the early universe, a structure so large and well-formed that it challenges our understanding of how galaxies evolve. Dubbed the Big Wheel ...

The galaxy, now dubbed "Big Wheel," was identified using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), in an observation campaign that originally had different scientific goals.

Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an unusually crowded part of the early universe just two billion years after the big bang ...

The JWST's image of the Big Wheel galaxy, a massive rotating disk 11.7 billion light-years away. Its spiral stretches 100,000 light-years, making it the largest confirmed galaxy of its time ...

A newly-discovered spiral galaxy, dubbed the Big Wheel, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang – far earlier, considering its size, than astronomers thought possible. Themiya Nanayakkara ...

The Big Wheel galaxy is seen at the centre. In striking contrast, the bright blue galaxy (upper right) is only about 1.5 billion light years away, making the Big Wheel roughly 50 times farther away.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a giant spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist. If it finds more, scientists may have to rethink everything they know about galaxy formation.

The Big Wheel's size and rotational speed are comparable to the largest present-day super-spiral galaxies, challenging established models of galaxy formation which posit a gradual growth process.