Zooming in on REBELS-25

This video zooms into the galaxy REBELS-25, the most distant Milky Way-like galaxy observed to date. This disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day galaxies, but we see it as it was when the Universe was only 700 million years old. This is surprising since, according to our current understanding of galaxy formation, such early galaxies are expected to appear more chaotic. This makes REBELS-25 a space oddity. 

The various images shown here were taken with different telescopes at different times, and have been blended together to create this zoom.

For more details, check the related press release: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2411/.