Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary discovery, the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, estimated to be around 12 billion years old. Although the find was originally made over a decade ago, it’s recently gone viral again, capturing the public’s imagination with its staggering scale and implications. The discovery involved two …
The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists discover GN-z11, a galaxy that is one of the youngest and most distant ever observed, announced the Space Telescope Science Institute on Monday. Scientists have also found evidence for the existence of the first kind of stars to “bring light to the universe.” The galaxy was observed …
New observation of a stellar population could turn our understanding of- galaxy formation and dark matter’s nature- upside down. The observations made using JWST reveal a massive galaxy from more than 11 billion years ago that should not exist. The galaxy– ZF-UDS-7329- has an ancient population of stars formed much earlier – 1.5 billion years …
A new analysis of James Webb Space Telescope data suggests that black holes existed at the dawn of time, helping create new stars and supercharging galaxy formation. This theory could challenge the current understanding that they formed after the first stars and galaxies emerged. The study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters says that black …
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed a disk bending wave in BRI 1335-0417, the oldest known spiral galaxy at over 12 billion years old. This unprecedented observation reveals the galaxy’s dynamic growth patterns, showcasing a vertically oscillating disk movement similar to ripples on a pond. The study marks the first time …
Astrophysical Chaos: What happens if you put a black hole into the Sun? Long ago, there were tiny black holes called primordial black holes in the early Universe. They came in various sizes, from as small as an asteroid to as big as thousands of suns. These black holes might be part of what we …
Webb’s capture of AzTECC71. (Image Credit: J McKinney/M Franco/C Casey/The University of Texas at Austin). The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a dusty galaxy from the early universe, designated as AzTECC71, that had first been identified using ground based telescopes, but was missing in images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy has …