Webb Reveals a Sample of Galaxies with Unusual Features, Nicknamed 'Platypus'

Platypus Galaxy What? Researchers Spot Cosmos Missing Link In NASA’s James Webb Images

New category of earliest galaxies unlocked

As Puzzling As A Platypus: The JWST Finds Some Hard To Categorize Objects

Astronomers found a handful of unusual objects in JWST survey data. These 9 point sources are being called 'Astronomy's Platypus' because, like the animal, they seem to defy categorization. They're not like active galactic nuclei, and they're not like star-forming galaxies. What are they?

Webb reveals a sample of galaxies with unusual features, nicknamed 'Platypus'

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have a previously unseen combination of features.

Scientists discover ‘platypus galaxies’ in the early universe

Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Haojing Yan and his team at Mizzou’s College of Arts and Science spotted these strange objects, which seem like one galactic thing but have the unmistakable fingerprints of something else entirely.

Scientists Identify 'Astronomy’s Platypus' with NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science

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