JWST has found the oldest galaxy we have ever seen in the universe

JWST has found the oldest galaxy we have ever seen in the universe

July 20, 2022 0 By bimola

Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope are pouring in, with an analysis of the latest data revealing a galaxy that dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang – the oldest we have ever seen



Space



20 July 2022

By Jonathan O’Callaghan

GLASS-z13, the oldest galaxy ever seen

GLASS-z13 is the oldest galaxy ever seen

Naidu et al, P. Oesch, T. Treu, GLASS-JWST, NASA/CSA/ESA/STScI

Just weeks into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years.

Seeing some of the first galaxies to form after the big bang 13.8 billion years ago is one of the key goals of the JWST. When these first galaxies formed is currently unknown, with the current oldest known galaxy found by the Hubble Space Telescope – called GN-z11 – dating back to 400 million years after the birth …

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