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EARLY GALAXIES WERE SHAPED LIKE SURFBOARDS AND POOL NOODLES

Many small galaxies that existed early in the universe’s history are elongated in a surfboard-like shape, pointing to the M influence of the cosmic web of matter and constant mergers with other small galaxies. New research using the James Webb Space Telescope found that dwarf galaxies in the early universe often look flat, either prolate or very narrow oblate ovals shaped like a surfboard, whereas others have a more frisbee-like

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