"Our observations led to the serendipitous discovery of a surprisingly large disk galaxy in our field," he says. "This galaxy, dubbed the 'Big Wheel' has an optical radius of around 10 kpc ...

A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion ...

This giant disk galaxy existed within the first two billion ... However, the Big Wheel managed to quickly grow to a surprisingly large size without losing its distinctive spiral form.

Dubbed the “Big Wheel,” it’s a galaxy much like our own Milky Way—a humongous, spiraling disk of stars ... When multiple large galactic mergers occur, this type of galaxy usually forms ...

This giant disk galaxy existed within the first two billion ... However, the Big Wheel managed to quickly grow to a surprisingly large size without losing its distinctive spiral form.

This colossal disk galaxy, rotating at 300 km/s, was confirmed through James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec data—revealing the universe’s largest known disk at such an early stage.

“Our observations led to the serendipitous discovery of a surprisingly large disk galaxy in our field,” he says. “This galaxy, dubbed the ‘Big Wheel’ has an optical radius of around 10 kpc, which is ...