Astronomers have discovered REBELS-25, the most distant rotating disk galaxy ever observed, which formed when the universe was only 700 million years old. This finding challenges long-held beliefs about how galaxies evolved, as REBELS-25 exhibits a well-ordered structure resembling the Milky Way, far earlier than expected. The discovery sheds new light on the timeline of galaxy formation and may force scientists to rethink how quickly galaxies organized into rotating disk systems. Discovery of a Distant Milky Way-like GalaxyThe detection of REBELS-25 was made possible through the incredible ca…