NASA discovers enigmatic “UFOs” concealed in deep space.
In the darkness of space, astronomers have found enigmatic “UFO galaxies” that resemble red, luminous discs.
After examining data from NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they discovered evidence of 56 “Ultra-red Flattened Objects” that had eluded Hubble and other older instruments for decades.
The light from the interior star systems of the UFO galaxies was probably obscured by the dust and debris clouds that encircle them.
But thanks to its sophisticated equipment, such its ability to detect infrared light, JWST is able to take breathtaking pictures of these luminous discs, which are roughly a million light-years away from Earth.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) hypothesized that UFO galaxies are “much dustier” than the Milky Way but are comparable in size and form based on these photos and computer calculations.
“JWST enables us to see this type of galaxy that we would never have been able to see before,” stated lead author Justus Gibson.
“It suggests that our understanding of the universe may have been lacking.”
Gibson added that because UFO galaxies release so little visible light, they appear red. The limited quantity of visible light that these galaxies release is at the limit of what is visible to the human eye, and the majority of the light that escapes from them is infrared radiation.
The forms of these massive, red UFO galaxies were ascertained using a variety of computer simulations, neural network emulators, and mathematical models.
The group came to the conclusion that they can take the shape of rugby balls or traditional “flying saucers” (discs).
The researchers found that the dust content of each of these large galaxies, which emit red light and infrared radiation, is about 50 times more than that of the Milky Way, our own galaxy.
“Why on earth do these galaxies have so much more dust than all the other galaxies?” asked Erica Nelson, co-author of the study. I understand.
After weighing evidence from the large number of better-studied galaxies, the researchers were certain that the stars and planets in these UFO galaxies are obscured by dense dust clouds.
The scientists carefully contrasted this data with the stellar mass—the total mass of stars in each UFO galaxy—and the variations in the quality of light and infrared radiation emitted at the center of each galaxy as opposed to its periphery.
The findings made it abundantly evident that the weak red light emitted by these UFO galaxies is caused by dust and debris masking, not the faint light characteristic of galaxies that are billions of light-years away and are believed to have formed during the early epochs of the universe.
According to the statement, “UFOs have red colors throughout their bodies, but they also have slight negative color gradients, with outskirts that are less red than the interiors.”
In their study, which was published in October in The Astrophysical Journal, they came to the conclusion that “these color gradients are likely driven by increased central dust concentration and not by the ages of the stellar populations.”
The scientists also estimated the pace at which new stars form inside these UFO galaxies, another feature that may affect the light they radiate, using identical data from surrounding brighter and bluer galaxies and changes in the gradients of red and infrared radiation.
Gibson and his colleagues noted, “The population of UFOs studied here are not extreme objects in regard to the stellar mass, SFR [star formation rates], or redshift.”
“Thoroughly red objects whose optical faintness is largely driven by dust” is how one may describe the once-hidden UFOs.
Nelson, an assistant professor of astrophysics at CU Boulder, described them as “so visually striking.”
The massive crimson disks that appear in these pictures were completely unexpected. “What?” is what they make you ask. How?
Much farther from Earth and nearer the location of the Big Bang, three additional ultra-massive, red-light generating galaxies known as “Red Monsters” were also found this month. These galaxies are almost as large as the Milky Way.
Similar techniques were employed by the worldwide team of astronomers who announced that discovery to conclude that their infrared radiating galaxies were probably dust-free giants located far from Earth in both space and time.
The researchers pointed out that the UFO and Red Monster galaxies both contradict accepted theories on how galaxies originate.
The UFOs demonstrate that gravity may not collect all the matter that swirls a young galaxy into clearly defined planets and stars, leaving a lot of dust and debris behind, and the Red Monsters demonstrate that galaxies began much earlier than previously thought.
They cause you to ask, “What? How? Dr Nelson said. “They’re really eye-catching.” The huge red discs that appear in these pictures were completely unexpected.