Using the most powerful space telescope ever built, astronomers spotted a galaxy that existed 13.4 billion years ago
Scientists found a galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, that existed 13.4 billion years ago. It dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, nearly 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified,“We’re potentially looking at the most distant starlight that anyone has ever seen,” he said.
The exact age of GLASS-z13 remains unknown as it could have formed any time within the first 300 million years.The galaxy was spotted in so-called “early release” data from the orbiting observatory’s main infrared imager, called NIRcam — but the discovery was not revealed in the first image set published by NASA last week.
Naidu, along with 24 other astronomers, have submitted their findings to a scientific journal. Though the data has yet to be peer-reviewed, NASA’s chief scientist Thomas Zurbuchen“Yes, I tend to only cheer once science results clear peer review. But, this looks very promising!’Article content 🚨 JWST has potentially smashed records, spotting a galaxy which existed when the universe was a mere 300 million years old! The light from GLASS-z13 took 13.4 billion years to hit us, but the distance between us is now 33 billion light years due to the expansion of the universe!
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