This cosmic giant, whose light traveled over 12 billion years to reach us, was named "Big Wheel" by researchers. Their discovery was published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy.

The giant spiral didn’t look like it belonged there, so Wang assumed it was an interloper from much later in cosmic time that just happened to be in JWST’s field of view. Upon further analysis ...

Twelve billion years ago, in a universe still finding its form, a cosmic giant was already in full spin. Astronomers have now spotted a colossal spiral galaxy — nicknamed the Big Wheel — that ...

"The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand ...