NASA spots mysterious 'UFO galaxies' hidden deep in space

Astronomers have discovered mysterious 'UFO galaxies' that appear as red, glowing disc-shaped objects in the darkness of space.

They found evidence of 56 'flat infrared objects' after analyzing data collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which had eluded older telescopes, such as Hubble, for decades.

The UFO galaxies are likely hidden by the clouds of dust and debris that surround them, masking the light from their inner star systems, the Telegraph reports.

However, JWST features advanced technology, such as infrared light detection, enabling it to capture stunning images of these glowing discs, which lie about a million light-years from Earth.

Based on these images and computer simulations, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) suggested that UFO galaxies are similar in size and shape to the Milky Way, but are 'much dustier'.

"JWST allows us to see this type of galaxy that we would never have been able to see before. It tells us that maybe we don't understand the universe as well as we thought," said lead author Justus Gibson.

He also explained that UFO galaxies appear red because they emit very little visible light. Most of the light escaping from these galaxies is infrared radiation, and the small amount of visible light they emit is at the limit of what the human eye can perceive. /Telegraph/