Reviewing An Option Presented by JWST Images

Abstract

Recent images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of objects thought to be near the origin of the cosmos show complete, full-sized, massive, brilliant galaxies. However, standard astronomy, based on gravitational interactions, had suggested that full galaxies would take about one to two billion years to form. While some of these JWST data need verification or are disputed, there is the perception that we may be facing a crisis in cosmology. While some are doing their best to save the standard approach, others have suggested that a new approach to galaxy formation and cosmology may be needed. If this suggestion is followed through, it is possible that plasma physics applied to astronomy might, potentially, have some answers. That possibility is briefly explored here.