<ul><li>NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of 1,678 galaxy groups in the constellation Sextans, located 12 billion light-years away.</li><li>The galaxy groups date back to the early universe, providing insights into the universe's history over the past 12 billion years.</li><li>The discovery helps astronomers understand the evolution of galaxies from irregular shapes with abundant star formation to more structured elliptical and spiral galaxies like the Milky Way.</li><li>The telescope's image helps study galaxy interactions, galaxy structure, dark matter, supermassive black holes, and intergalactic gas, advancing our knowledge of the cosmos.</li></ul>

Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once

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