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Space
Space
Science
Shreejaya Karantha

James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist

Glowing clouds of red and pink dust swirl in the darkness of space, with stars floating throughout.

This story was provided by Live Science, a sister site of Space.com.

Astronomers have discovered over a dozen "dormant" galaxies that paused their star formation within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

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