Artist’s animation of a dusty, rotating distant galaxy

27 October, 2020 / Read time: 1 minute

Artist's representation of a galaxy in the early universe that is very dusty and shows the first signs of a rotationally supported disk. In this video, the red color represents gas, and blue/brown represents dust as seen in radio waves with ALMA. Many other galaxies are visible in the background, based on optical data from VLT and Subaru. Credit: B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO, NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru