Galaxies fill this image, which is a small portion of the observed field for the Webb Telescope's Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. NASA/ESA/CSA/Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin) A multinational team of astronomers has analyzed images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and found that massive galaxies existed in greater numbers than previously expected

This section of the CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) survey contains galaxies both near and far. Some of the most distant, nicknamed “little red dots,” date back to just several hundred million years after the Big Bang. NASA / STScI / CEERS / TACC / S. Finkelstein / M. Bagley / R. Larson /