NASA's James Webb spots 'impossible' Milky Way-like galaxy that shouldn't exist - and it could change our understanding of the universe
1 year ago

NASA's James Webb spots 'impossible' Milky Way-like galaxy that shouldn't exist - and it could change our understanding of the universe

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have spied a galaxy so large and so old that it should not exist - at least according to our current understanding of how early galaxies formed. It was spotted with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a tool built to observe these types of ancient galaxies and peer back into the early ages of the universe. What's remarkable about this is that a galaxy so big should not have been able to form so early in the universe because dark matter did not yet exist, meaning a galaxy this size should not have been supported 800 million years after the Big Bang. There's just one problem with ZF-UDS-7329: As far as astronomers now, dark matter did not exist back then, at least not in large enough quantities to support such a massive galaxy.

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James Webb Telescope confirms what Hubble revealed about the birth of planets
3 months ago

James Webb Telescope confirms what Hubble revealed about the birth of planets

India Today  

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has resolved a long-standing astronomical mystery by confirming findings from the Hubble Space Telescope regarding planet formation around ancient stars. To investigate, researchers utilised Webb to study the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy with similar elemental scarcity to the early universe. They focused on NGC 346, a massive star-forming cluster where Hubble had …

New images show galaxy forming that is similar in mass to young Milky Way
3 months, 1 week ago

New images show galaxy forming that is similar in mass to young Milky Way

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New images show a galaxy forming that is similar to what …

Webb captures Sombrero galaxy that hides black hole the size of 9 billion suns
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Webb captures Sombrero galaxy that hides black hole the size of 9 billion suns

India Today  

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Sombrero galaxy, revealing unexpected details and challenging previous observations. The mid-infrared view, taken by Webb's MIRI, transforms the galaxy's appearance from its familiar hat-like shape to something resembling an archery target. In this new perspective, the Sombrero galaxy's typically bright core appears dim, unveiling a smooth inner …

NASA makes surprising discovery at the end of our universe: 'It shouldn't exist'
4 months ago

NASA makes surprising discovery at the end of our universe: 'It shouldn't exist'

Daily Mail  

NASA's James Webb Telescope has made a surprising discovery at the edge of our universe, which astronomers said should not exist. The telescope captured imagery of three 12.8-billion-year-old 'Red Monster' galaxies, one billion years after the Big Bang, roughly the size of the Milky Way. The researchers call these newly discovered galaxies 'Red Monsters' due to their gigantic size and …

Black Holes in Webb Data Reveal Unexpected Structure of Early Galaxies
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Black Holes in Webb Data Reveal Unexpected Structure of Early Galaxies

The Hindu  

Astronomers have discovered massive structures in the early universe that challenge the standard model of cosmology. JWST observations revealed that galaxies that existed 400-650 million years after the Big Bang were much larger than expected, suggesting that the standard model may need to be revised. The researchers examined the black holes at the centres of these ancient galaxies, finding that …

Scientists find ‘weird’ galaxy like nothing they have seen before
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists find ‘weird’ galaxy like nothing they have seen before

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have found a “weird” galaxy that could help explain how the universe …

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal
6 months ago

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole “starving” its host galaxy to death, …

Scientists finally have solution to cosmology’s ‘biggest crisis’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists finally have solution to cosmology’s ‘biggest crisis’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers finally have an explanation behind why the James Webb Space Telescope keeps …

Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn

The Hindu  

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed during the universe's infancy— at only 2% its current age. Webb, which by peering across vast cosmic distances is looking way back in time, observed the galaxy as it existed about 290 million years after the Big Bang event that …

James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen
9 months, 2 weeks ago

James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The James Webb Space Telescope has peered back in time to …

Astronomers discover oldest ‘dead’ galaxy ever observed
1 year ago

Astronomers discover oldest ‘dead’ galaxy ever observed

Live Mint  

Astronomers have spotted a galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago. An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot a ‘dead’ galaxy that formed when the universe was just 700 million years old, the oldest such galaxy ever observed. Although astronomers have observed …

Webb telescope captures 'stunning' images of 19 spiral galaxies
1 year, 1 month ago

Webb telescope captures 'stunning' images of 19 spiral galaxies

The Hindu  

January 30, 2024 02:08 pm | Updated 02:08 pm IST A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies residing relatively near our Milky Way, offering new clues on star formation as well as galactic structure and evolution. "These data are important as they give us a new view …

New Webb telescope images reveal galaxies in detail so stunning it is ‘mind-blowing even for researchers’
1 year, 1 month ago

New Webb telescope images reveal galaxies in detail so stunning it is ‘mind-blowing even for researchers’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has released a treasure trove of images of over a dozen nearby …

Webb captures a floating pool of galaxies. They have odd shapes not seen before
1 year, 2 months ago

Webb captures a floating pool of galaxies. They have odd shapes not seen before

India Today  

Researchers analysing data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that the majority of galaxies in the early universe were not the familiar round or disk-like shapes we see today. The study, led by Viraj Pandya, a Nasa Hubble Fellow at Columbia University, found that an estimated 50 to 80 percent of the observed galaxies from when the universe …

Unexplained structures detected at heart of Milky Way in new James Webb Space Telescope image
1 year, 3 months ago

Unexplained structures detected at heart of Milky Way in new James Webb Space Telescope image

Salon  

A new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope of the deep center of the Milky Way highlights never-before-features that have yet to be scientifically explained. Specifically, JWST narrowed in on the region called Sagittarius C, which is about 300 light-years away from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center. Astronomers say the level of resolution …

Researchers find second-most distant galaxy using James Webb telescope
1 year, 4 months ago

Researchers find second-most distant galaxy using James Webb telescope

Live Mint  

It is turning out to be a month of more discoveries for the James Webb Space Telescope. Now, an international team led by Penn State researchers have discovered the second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, using data from JWST. At nearly 33 billion light years away, these …

Scientists untangle mystery about the universe's earliest galaxies
1 year, 5 months ago

Scientists untangle mystery about the universe's earliest galaxies

The Hindu  

Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has provided an astonishing glimpse of the early history of our universe, spotting a collection of galaxies dating to the enigmatic epoch called cosmic dawn. These indicated that star formation unfolded differently in these galaxies in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang event 13.8 billion years …

New James Webb data offers potential explanation for "impossible" galaxies at cosmic dawn
1 year, 5 months ago

New James Webb data offers potential explanation for "impossible" galaxies at cosmic dawn

Salon  

Astronomers who were perplexed by the James Webb Space Telescope's images of the universe's earliest galaxies can breathe a little more easily: Scientists have just explained away certain features of those galaxies that had previously been regarded as impossible. The confusion began last year after the JWST discovered the universe's earliest galaxies seemed to be too massive to have formed …

Nasa spots shocking number of galaxies like our own in early universe
1 year, 5 months ago

Nasa spots shocking number of galaxies like our own in early universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Looking deep into space, scientists found that the galaxies we see in the early universe are much …

Early galaxies from soon after the Big Bang cause drama : Short Wave : NPR
1 year, 6 months ago

Early galaxies from soon after the Big Bang cause drama : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and controversy among astronomers Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA, ESA, CSA, Simon Lilly, Daichi Kashino, Jorryt Matthee, Christina Eilers, Rongmon Bordoloi, Ruari Mackenzie NASA, ESA, CSA, Simon Lilly, Daichi Kashino, Jorryt Matthee, Christina Eilers, Rongmon Bordoloi, Ruari Mackenzie The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever put into space. …

Webb telescope’s new image of eerie nearby galaxy reveals what early universe may have looked like
1 year, 7 months ago

Webb telescope’s new image of eerie nearby galaxy reveals what early universe may have looked like

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Webb telescope’s new finding shows the eerie-looking and “irregular” galaxy NGC 6822, also known as Bernard’s …

Dark matter power: James Webb telescope may have proven the existence of giant dark stars
1 year, 8 months ago

Dark matter power: James Webb telescope may have proven the existence of giant dark stars

Salon  

Since 2007, astronomers have proposed the existence of a weird type of star: one powered by the heat of dark matter. The study concludes with a bold proclamation: "The confirmation of even a single one of those objects as a Dark Star would mark a new era in astronomy: the observational study of DM–powered stars." "The discovery of a new …

Stunning Webb telescope image shows closest star-forming region
1 year, 8 months ago

Stunning Webb telescope image shows closest star-forming region

The Hindu  

NASA on Wednesday released an image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth, as the U.S. space agency marked one year since it unveiled the telescope's first scientific results. Explained | The James Webb telescope’s confirmation of its first exoplanet "Here, we see how new suns are forming, …

‘Impossible early galaxies’ suggest universe may be billions of years older than previously thought
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Impossible early galaxies’ suggest universe may be billions of years older than previously thought

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a …

Discovery of six massive early galaxies challenges previous understanding of universe
2 years ago

Discovery of six massive early galaxies challenges previous understanding of universe

Hindustan Times  

What scientists previously believed about the genesis of galaxies in the cosmos is being challenged by the discovery of six huge galaxies in the early universe. than anyone expected," said Joel Leja, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, who modelled light from these galaxies, adding, "We expected only to find tiny, young, baby galaxies at this point …

The Webb telescope may have discovered six galaxies that shouldn't exist
2 years ago

The Webb telescope may have discovered six galaxies that shouldn't exist

Salon  

The universe is full of mysteries, but its age isn't one of them. That's the case with a new observation from the James Webb Space Telescope, which observed six massive galaxies whose timeline doesn't square with the age of the universe. In July there was a grand unveiling of its first five images, which included SMACS 0723, which was at …

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn
2 years ago

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

The Hindu  

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a mere 300 million years of the beginning of the universe, …

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn
2 years ago

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a mere 300 million years of the …

James Webb spots six massive galaxies that are so old they shouldn't exist
2 years ago

James Webb spots six massive galaxies that are so old they shouldn't exist

Daily Mail  

NASA's new super space telescope was built to peer back to the dawn of time and give us clues about how the universe burst into existence. That's because the $10 billion observatory has just spotted six massive galaxies in the early universe that are so old they shouldn't actually exist. Ground-breaking: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has just spotted six …

Nasa’s Webb space telescope reveals Milky Way-like young galaxies for first time
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa’s Webb space telescope reveals Milky Way-like young galaxies for first time

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers discover Milky Way-like galaxies dating …

James Webb Space Telescope captures images of two exceptionally bright galaxies
2 years, 3 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope captures images of two exceptionally bright galaxies

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 14, 2022 20:16 IST From images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers found two exceptionally bright galaxies that existed when the universe was practically in its infancy, approximately 450 million and 350 million years after the Big Bang, which occurred 13.8 billion years go. According to a NASA release, these initial findings are from a …

James Webb Space Telescope images reveal stunning galaxies, complex adolescent cosmos
2 years, 7 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope images reveal stunning galaxies, complex adolescent cosmos

ABC  

The adolescent phase of the universe was much more complex than imagined, detailed snapshots of the early cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The earliest galaxy in JWST's first deep field SMACS 0723 image released last month was estimated to have appeared about 700 million years after the Big Bang. Beautiful bar galaxy NGC 7496 This spectacular image …

Nasa James Webb Space Telescope spots one of the oldest galaxies ever seen
2 years, 7 months ago

Nasa James Webb Space Telescope spots one of the oldest galaxies ever seen

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have spotted one of the earliest and oldest galaxies ever seen, in …

James Webb telescope finds oldest galaxy in the universe
2 years, 7 months ago

James Webb telescope finds oldest galaxy in the universe

India Today  

After bathing the world in its cosmic excellence with spectacular first science images that showed star formations, death, and a patch of sky packing thousands of ancient galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope has hit upon another milestone. Webb has spotted galaxy candidates that existed when the universe was just 300 million years old, an infant stage in cosmic terms. …

Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy
2 years, 7 months ago

Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy

News 18  

Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday. GLASS-z13 was spotted in so-called “early release” data from the orbiting observatory’s main infrared imager, called NIRcam — but the discovery was not revealed …

James Webb Space Telescope discovers the oldest galaxy in the universe
2 years, 8 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope discovers the oldest galaxy in the universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The James Webb Space Telescope has found the oldest known galaxy in the …

Explained: How James Webb telescope images change understanding of the universe
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: How James Webb telescope images change understanding of the universe

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday released a new set of images of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope, ushering in a new era in astronomy studies. The Webb telescope also revealed never-before-seen details of Stephan's Quintet, a grouping of five galaxies, including four that experience repeated close encounters, which provide insights into how early galaxies …

Here’s what the James Webb Space Telescope has seen in just a week of looking
2 years, 8 months ago

Here’s what the James Webb Space Telescope has seen in just a week of looking

LA Times  

A quintet of galaxies. After years of delays, a 930,000-mile trip into space and months of speculation over what the James Webb Space Telelescope’s first pictures might reveal, NASA on Tuesday released the first complete set of images captured by its $10-billion observatory. We’re made of the same stuff in this beautiful landscape.” Science & Medicine Cosmic beauty shots from …

First Webb Telescope image reveals earliest galaxies formed after Big Bang
2 years, 8 months ago

First Webb Telescope image reveals earliest galaxies formed after Big Bang

India Today  

US President Joe Biden on Monday released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. Photo: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. This deep field, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, is a …

NASA's James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we've never seen it before
2 years, 8 months ago

NASA's James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we've never seen it before

NPR  

NASA's James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we've never seen it before Enlarge this image toggle caption Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO At first glance, the first image from NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope may not seem all that remarkable. More images captured by the …

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe
2 years, 10 months ago

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. Hailed as the world’s premier space observatory, Webb has successfully completed a number of steps within the past few months that were crucial for aligning its 18 gold mirror segments. “These remarkable test images from a successfully aligned telescope …

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures test image of star and ancient galaxies over 2,000 light-years away
3 years ago

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures test image of star and ancient galaxies over 2,000 light-years away

ABC  

NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and captured a perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. Key points: The James Webb Space Telescope captured its latest test image 1.6 million kilometres away from Earth Scientists hope Webb will see far back enough in time that it will only …

How Webb will take us to the universe’s first galaxies
3 years, 2 months ago

How Webb will take us to the universe’s first galaxies

Live Mint  

Last year, University of Melbourne, Australia, researchers collaborated with the US space agency Nasa on a study to understand, through computer simulations, just how powerful the James Webb Space Telescope could be. FILE - In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space …

This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby
3 years, 3 months ago

This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby

NPR  

This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA, ESA, and P. Oesch NASA, ESA, and P. Oesch Imagine knowing nothing about your childhood, nothing about where you came from, and spending years hunting for the answers. Sponsor Message NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space …

Six Galaxies Trapped in Cosmic 'Spider's Web' May Explain Why Supermassive Blackholes Exist
4 years, 5 months ago

Six Galaxies Trapped in Cosmic 'Spider's Web' May Explain Why Supermassive Blackholes Exist

News 18  

Recent research may have discovered why supermassive black holes exist and continue to grow. The discovery comes after astronomers found six galaxies trapped in the cosmic “spider’s web” of a supermassive black hole formed soon after the Big Bang. The research published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics this month might help in providing an explanation for how supermassive black …

Astronomers identify some of the oldest galaxies in the universe from 'cosmic dark ages'
6 years, 7 months ago

Astronomers identify some of the oldest galaxies in the universe from 'cosmic dark ages'

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Finding some of the very first galaxies that formed in our universe orbiting in the …

NASA's James Webb Telescope is designed to detect light from the earliest stars and galaxies
6 years, 11 months ago

NASA's James Webb Telescope is designed to detect light from the earliest stars and galaxies

Daily Mail  

It circles the Earth at a speed of about 17,000mph in low Earth orbit at about 340 miles in altitude. Incredibly crisp image of a nearby galaxy captured by NASA's new $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope demonstrates huge leap in space. Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images combine data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to showcase gas heated …

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