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Webb Sheds New Light on Structural Evolution of Disk Galaxies


Astronomers have analyzed a statistical sample of 111 edge-on disk galaxies at various periods -- up to 11 billion years ago, or approximately 2.8 billion years after the Big Bang -- using archival data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

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