Themiya Nanayakkara

Themiya Nanayakkara

Senior Scientist, JWST Australian Data Centre, Swinburne University of Technology

Themiya Nanayakkara is a senior scientist at the JWST Australian Data Centre. His role is to help Australian astronomers make the best use of the JWST, providing training and developing new techniques that make it easier for the scientific community to analyze JWST data effectively. His research focuses on understanding how the first stars and galaxies transformed the early universe.

Articles by: Themiya Nanayakkara

a photo of a very large orange galaxy next to other smaller galaxies

'We had less than a 2% chance to find this': James Webb telescope uncovers baffling 'Big Wheel', one of the most massive galaxies in the early universe

By Themiya Nanayakkara published

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an object they've dubbed 'Big Wheel,' a gargantuan galaxy spinning through the early universe and growing larger by the second.