The Galaxy That Forgot to Spin

Galaxies spin, that's a given, and M101 imaged here is no exception but astronomers have now discovered one that doesn't agree! (Credit : ESA/Hubble)

Every galaxy we know of spins. It’s one of those rules of the universe so fundamental that astronomers barely think about it anymore. So when the James Webb Space Telescope pointed at one of the most massive galaxies in the early universe and found…well nothing. No spin, just stillness. They had to look twice.

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