“It seems that we’ve identified a population of galaxies that we can’t categorize, they are so odd,” said Yan.
“On the one hand they are extremely tiny and compact, like a point source, yet we do not see the characteristics of a quasar, an active supermassive black hole, which is what most distant point sources are.”
“I looked at these characteristics and thought, this is like looking at a platypus. You think that these things should not exist together, but there it is right in front of you, and it’s undeniable.”
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Exciting times, we’re going to learn even more.
A platypus galaxy?
PERRY the platypus galaxy!?!?
Keep going Webb!! This is why we built you!
“It seems that we’ve identified a population of galaxies that we can’t categorize, they are so odd,” said Yan.
“On the one hand they are extremely tiny and compact, like a point source, yet we do not see the characteristics of a quasar, an active supermassive black hole, which is what most distant point sources are.”
“I looked at these characteristics and thought, this is like looking at a platypus. You think that these things should not exist together, but there it is right in front of you, and it’s undeniable.”