ASTRONOMERS USING THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE HAVE DISCOVERED SIX LARGE GALAXIES THAT FORMED ABOUT 500 TO 700 MILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG0 MILIJONOV LET PO VELIKEM POKU, december 2024
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered six large galaxies that formed around 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang, which means that the Universe was less than 5% of its present age when they formed. The discovery comes as a surprise to the scientific community, as galaxies with more than a hundred billion stars exceed the expected rates of evolution based on current models of the origin of the Universe. The NIRCam instrument on the Webb telescope, which detects infrared waves, has made it possible to make detailed observations of these galaxies in a little-explored part of the sky. These findings could expand our understanding of the early evolution of the Universe and the dynamics of galaxy formation. Slovenian researchers were also part of the research team.
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Foto: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, C. Willott (NRC-Canada), L. Mowla (Wellesley College), K. Iyer (Columbia)
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