JWST Detects the Earliest, Most Distant Galaxy in the Known Universe—And It’s Super Weird
JWST Detects the Earliest, Most Distant Galaxy in the Known Universe—And It’s Super Weird
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed an unusually large and highly luminous galaxy at a record-breaking 290 million years after the big bang
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered the most distant galaxy ever confirmed, named JADES-GS-z14-0, which appears as it existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang.
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The discovery of this surprisingly luminous and massive early galaxy challenges theories about how galaxies formed in the cosmic dawn
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JWST has been repeatedly breaking its own records for the most distant galaxies since beginning operations in 2022
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But JADES-GS-z14-0 has properties that are vastly different from its slightly
olderyounger counterpartftfy... at least, I think that's what they meant.
edit: After discussion, I think I see that I might be a candidate for "people incorrectly correcting others".
Huh... that made my brain do a few twists. The reference point for distance would be our own galaxy (I assume). So you would think that the furthest one would be the "oldest" due to expansion of the universe... so I would think that you're correct in your correction?
Unless they meant "older" in the sense of "discovered earlier"? I have no idea anymore, I guess they could argue it either way
Edit: After re-reading it, I think they're just referring "Younger" and "Older" to how the galaxies appear to us (due to the time it takes light to travel). As in, the newest discovery is "younger" because that's the age that we can observe it as, by the time the light has reached us. Idk anymore, I know nothing lol
Oh, ok, now I think I'm following. So, like, maybe the one whose light is older (since it's farther away) could be in a less-developed state, like seeing an older photo of a baby.
The universe breaks my brain, too. I love it!
Nah, you broke my brain a bit too lol. I had to re-read carefully to try and follow... and I still wasn't sure by the end