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Webb Spots Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen—and It’s Weirdly Bright
Researchers recently observed a record-breaking galaxy beaming with young stars, which existed only 290 million years after the universe came into existence, challenging our view of the Cosmic Dawn with its unexpected luminosity. On Thursday, a team of astronomers announced the discovery of the most distant and earliest galaxy ever seen, observed at a time…
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Galaxy Spotted By Webb Space Telescope is One of the Earliest Ever Seen
A galaxy first seen in a massive Webb Space Telescope deep field image a year ago is one of the earliest ever spotted, according to a team of astronomers that reviewed imagery of the structure. The galaxy dates to about 390 million years after the Big Bang (For reference, the universe as a whole is…
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Surprising Discovery of Two Ancient Galaxies Exposes Our Cloudy View of the Cosmos
The presence of two previously undetected galaxies some 29 billion light years away suggests our understanding of the early universe is upsettingly deficient.
