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Weichen W
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Study distant galaxies and the cosmic web at Milan (U Milano-Bicocca); PhD from Johns Hopkins; BSc from Tsinghua.
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Flying through #Dulles Airport this week? Don't forget to check out the new James Webb Space Telescope exhibit in the corridor between the Metro station and the main terminal.

If you missed it, you can still read about it: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-403 🔭
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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When, where and how galaxies form disks is an unsolved puzzle for astronomers. A study in Nature Astronomy reports the discovery of a large disk in a cosmic web node from the early Universe and examines the roles of the special cosmic environment in its formation. 🔭 🧪
A giant disk galaxy two billion years after the Big Bang - Nature Astronomy
When, where and how galaxies form disks is an unsolved puzzle for astronomers. Wang et al. discovered a surprisingly large disk in a cosmic web node from the early Universe and studied the roles of the special cosmic environment in its formation.
go.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM