Observations by the keen-eyed Webb Space Telescope have revealed a huge galaxy in the distantwhich is to say earlyuniverse.

The galaxy is a vibrant orange disk, dubbed the Big Wheel.

The galaxy is remarkably developed for appearing so early in time, raising new questions about how galaxies form.

The Big Wheel galaxy as seen by Webb.

The Big Wheel galaxy as seen by Webb.Image: JWST / NASA

Despite its size, the galaxy was a chance find.

The Big Wheels stellar disk is about 30 kiloparsecs in diameter, or nearly 98,000 light-years across.

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