Using the telescope known as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of researchers may have found the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen, according to a statement.
The galaxy, dubbed BRI 1335–0417, is estimated to have formed only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, making it the most ancient known galaxy with a spiral morphology. The discovery of this galaxy in the very early universe sheds light on the formation and evolution of spiral galaxies in cosmic history.
