JWST reveals that galaxies grow up quickly in our Universe

JWST reveals that galaxies grow up quickly in our Universe

Galaxies are vitally important cosmic structures. This region of space, of approximately the same size and area as the previous sparse region, instead shows a large group of foreground galaxies with a rich population of background galaxies located behind them. The bright central spike-rich galaxy likely contains an active supermassive black hole at its center. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, and the COSMOS-W…