In 2023 JWST discovered some strange very distant "red dot" objects suspected to be early black holes surrounded by gas and dust.
A recent paper has confirmed these do appear to be supermassive black holes, but have formed Before their surrounding galaxy. This contradicts our previous understanding that SM BH's formed by assimilating stars and matter from centre of existing galaxies.
Image: NASA
Surface image of asteroid Ryugu taken by Japan's space agency (JAXA) Hyabusa 2's twin Robots in 2018.
The picture showed in clear relief the rugged, boulder-strewn landscape.
Samples were returned to Earth and have been studied and exhibited in museums around world. Its composition including amino acids and nucleobases.
Image: JAXA