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Astronomers discover supermassive Grand Design spiral galaxy

Morphology and photometric redshift of Zhúlóng. Credit: Xiao et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect a new grand design spiral galaxy as part of a panoramic survey. The newly discovered galaxy, named Zhúlóng, is so massive that it appears to be the most distant spiral galaxy yet identified. The findings…