{"id":94623,"date":"2025-12-24T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/astronomers-reveal-infant-galaxies-appearance"},"modified":"2025-12-25T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:06:15","slug":"astronomers-reveal-infant-galaxies-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/astronomers-reveal-infant-galaxies-appearance","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers Reveal Infant Galaxies&#8217; Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Traditionally, astrophysicists have stated that infant galaxies primarily took shape in the recognizable spherical and webbed disc patterns we see today. However, a new study has suggested otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomers have reassessed images of approximately 4,000 newborn galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope. The findings presented in the new study reveal that the galaxies\u2019 shapes resemble bananas.<\/p>\n<p>Over the decades, the prevailing belief among astrophysicists and cosmologists was that nascent galaxies took on the forms of orbs and web-like discs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is both a surprising and unexpected result, though there were already hints of it with Hubble,\u201d Viraj Pandya, a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University and lead author of the forthcoming study Galaxies Going Bananas, told the media.<\/p>\n<p>The telescope\u2019s findings suggest that ancient galaxies had shapes akin to pickles, according to Joel Primack from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and one of the co-authors of the research.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pandya\u2019s team studied galaxy images in a small sky area called the Extended Groth Strip, previously examined by telescopes like Hubble.<\/p>\n<p>If this research outcome is not refuted, it may redefine how astronomers understand galaxies\u2019 birth and development.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, media reports suggest it could offer fresh perspectives on the elusive nature of dark matter, a hidden component that scientists suggest comprises a significant portion of the universe\u2019s structure, overshadowing conventional matter by a margin of five to one. This invisible matter is pivotal in forming galaxies by providing gravitational foundations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Traditionally, astrophysicists have stated that infant galaxies primarily took shape in the recognizable spherical and webbed disc patterns we see today. However, a new study has suggested otherwise. Astronomers have reassessed images of approximately 4,000 newborn galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope. 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