Astronomers conducted a study revealing that young galaxies do not follow the familiar disk shape as commonly believed, but rather exhibit a shape resembling certain types of fruits, such as bananas.

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The study, led by a team of astronomers, including Viraj Pandya from Columbia University, showed that young galaxies take on a shape resembling bananas rather than the traditional shapes like disks or ovals.

This groundbreaking conclusion was reached through the analysis of new images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, examining more than 4,000 young galaxies.

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The validity of this discovery was tested by examining images of a wide range of young galaxies, confirming that this new shape applies to that group in general. Viraj Pandya will present a talk about this discovery at the American Astronomical Society on January 10.

This discovery is significant enough to alter the current understanding of the appearance and growth of galaxies and to comprehend the influence of dark matter on their formation.

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Pandya noted that the study has been limited so far to evaluating images of galaxies from a specific part of space, but they plan to explore other regions in the future. This exploration will aid in discovering galaxies with diverse three-dimensional shapes across the entire sky.