A barred spiral galaxy is drawn inside a bubble. The Earth has been drawn outside of the bubble where the galaxy is encased.
An artist's interpretation of a barred spiral galaxy drawn inside a bubble. The Earth is drawn outside of the bubble to represent the connection between ceers-2112 and the Milky Way.
  • The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a twin of the Milky Way in the depths of the universe. 
  • The galaxy formed shortly after the Big Bang, which was thought to be impossible. 
  • This could mean there's a missing ingredient in our models of how the universe formed. 

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant example of a galaxy in the universe that looks similar to the Milky Way.