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JWST Unveils Galaxies We Thought Were Impossible

2025-12-12 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Alaknanda, a Milky Way like galaxy that shouldn't be possible Links: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/11/aa51689-24/aa51689-24.html Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MraVhQI2o_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcbRQxV9B8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnDick-lhNs #milkyway #jameswebb #science 0:00 Another unexpected JWST galaxy 1:31 Alaknanda galaxy and why it's exciting 2:58 How spirals form 3:50 Why this makes no sense 5:30 Star formation mystery 6:30 How it was found 7:40 Is this a new type of galaxies? Zhulong 9:20 Possible explanation 10:10 Still makes sense though 10:50 More explanations 12:00 What's next? Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA, I. Labbe/R. Bezanson/Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Rashi Jain/Yogesh Wadadekar (NCRA-TIFR) Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@magister.mortran 2025-12-12

If an observation contradicts a theory, you have to discard the theory, not force the observation to fit the theory.

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@fraac 2025-12-12

guys we need a new model for the early universe. let's get to work

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@I.amthatrealJuan 2025-12-12

A lot of comments here seem to be discrediting scientists because of these new discoveries that don't fit current models. That's the wrong thing to take away from this. Constantly trying to disprove theories in search of a better one is how science is supposed to work.

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@justins9391 2025-12-12

We should all celebrate the discovery of flaws in our scientific theories. It means we have something new to discover, we can get closer to the real truth of things. Never quite actually there, but closer

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@jimcurtis9052 2025-12-12

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 👍

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@yazi7790 2025-12-12

This just proves we need more Projects like JSTW to attain a better understanding. CNSA, ISRO, and JAXA should also start their parallel efforts.

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@jerrydavismusic 2025-12-12

Thanks, Anton, for expanding the universe with knowledge.

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@awuma 2025-12-12

Future spectroscpic observations are eagerly awaited!

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@jennifersaar1611 2025-12-12

I’m still putting my money on having been formed in a part of the universe with a lot of gas and collisions. I’m not an astronomer, but having looked at 100’s of early galaxies for a project, the amount of dwarf galaxies colliding and merging was insane. It also seemed like the early tube-like galaxies often merged into an x-shape that evolved into spirals. (Again, take with a grain of salt.)

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@Raj-gr6dy 2025-12-13

Thats a dope name, Alakananda. Better than whatever jumble of numbers we usually get 😅

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