At the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, researchers have shared preliminary but tantalizing results after a detailed analysis of James Webb Space Telescope archival data: a small sample of tiny galaxies that don’t fit in existing categories. Principal investigator Haojing Yan compares them to an infamous misfit in another branch of science, biology’s taxonomy-defying platypus. Has the research team discovered a missing link in the cosmos? Full details are on NASA.gov.