James Webb telescope discovers two oldest galaxies in distant space
November 18, 2022
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The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered two more of the oldest and most distant galaxies known today. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to The Guardian.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered two more of the oldest and most distant galaxies known today.
This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to The Guardian.
One of the galaxies was formed 350 million years after the Big Bang, and the other 450 million years later. They are found in the Pandora or Abell 2744 cluster.
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Researchers will need to make additional observations in the infrared range to confirm the finding.
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The telescope’s recent discoveries are detailed in Astrophysical Journal Letters by an international team led by Rohan Naidu of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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As Ukrinform reports, the most powerful James Webb telescope worth $10 billion was launched into space at the end of December 2021.
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