Discovering a rare red spiral galaxy population from the early universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

One of the most amazing features in our universe is the spiral galaxies. Information about their origin and evolution can be found in spiral galaxies. Due to being too far away to study in detail, we have had a limited understanding of these universes.

The galaxies were already detected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, but their limited spatial resolution and sensitivity did not allow us to study their detailed shapes and properties.

TheJWST has taken things to the next level. In its very first image of the galaxy cluster, SMACS J0723.3-7327, the JWST has captured the most detailed images of a group of red spiral galaxies.

In a recent article published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of researchers, including a junior researcher, revealed surprising insights into these red.

The researchers focused on the two most red galaxies, which were identified as RS13 andRS14. The researchers used SED analysis to measure the distribution of energy for these galaxies. The red spiral galaxies are from a time when the universe was known as the Cosmic Noon.

These are among the furthest known spirals.

The red spiral galaxies make up 2% of the universe. The discovery of red spiral galaxies in the early universe suggests that there were many in the early universe.

The researchers discovered that one of the red spiral galaxies,RS14, is not forming stars, contrary to the expectation that the early universe would be active in forming stars. It is surprising that a passive spiral galaxy has been found in the limited field of view of the JWST.

The findings of this study greatly improve our knowledge of the universe. It was shown for the first time that passive spiral galaxies can be found in the early universe. The paper is a pilot study about spiral galaxies in the early universe, but it would influence our understanding of the formation and evolution of the universe.

The Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon were unveiled in the first JWST image. There is a document titled "10847/2041-8213/ac982b".

Journal information: Astrophysical Journal Letters