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James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

Astronomers discover two of the oldest galaxies in the universe, including a bright and large one, using the James Webb Space Telescope. [ more ]

Ars Technica

4 weeks ago

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Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time

Discovery of two massive black holes merging just 740 million years after the Big Bang, indicating rapid growth in the early Universe. [ more ]

Mail Online

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Astronomers may have just spotted one of the universe's first galaxies

Galaxy GN-z11 formed in early universe

James Webb Space Telescope observed ancient galaxy GN-z11 [ more ]

Mail Online

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NASA's James Webb spots Milk Way-like galaxy that shouldn't exist

Astronomers discovered a galaxy larger and older than the Milky Way, challenging current theories on galaxy formation.

The galaxy ZF-UDS-7329 raises questions about the role of dark matter in early galaxy formation. [ more ]

Ars Technica

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Daily Telescope: The most distant galaxy found so far is a total surprise

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a very bright galaxy just 300 million years after the Big Bang, challenging existing galaxy formation theories. [ more ]

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James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

Astronomers discover two of the oldest galaxies in the universe, including a bright and large one, using the James Webb Space Telescope. [ more ]

Ars Technica

4 weeks ago

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Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time

Discovery of two massive black holes merging just 740 million years after the Big Bang, indicating rapid growth in the early Universe. [ more ]

Mail Online

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Astronomers may have just spotted one of the universe's first galaxies

Galaxy GN-z11 formed in early universe

James Webb Space Telescope observed ancient galaxy GN-z11 [ more ]

Mail Online

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NASA's James Webb spots Milk Way-like galaxy that shouldn't exist

Astronomers discovered a galaxy larger and older than the Milky Way, challenging current theories on galaxy formation.

The galaxy ZF-UDS-7329 raises questions about the role of dark matter in early galaxy formation. [ more ]

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www.theguardian.com

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James Webb space telescope photographs most distant known galaxy

The James Webb space telescope captured the most distant known galaxy, suggesting a different early universe brightness and rapid star formation. [ more ]

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James Webb Just Observed the Universe's Youngest Galaxies Being Born

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of some of the youngest galaxies ever seen, just 400-600 million years after the Big Bang. [ more ]

www.scientificamerican.com

4 months ago

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JWST's Puzzling Early Galaxies Don't Break Cosmology--But They Do Bend Astrophysics

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed bright galaxies that stretch back to the early universe, which is puzzling because galaxies shouldn't have had enough time to become so massive.

Studies suggest that the unexpected girth of these early galaxies could be attributed to astrophysical explanations like earlier-forming black holes or bursts of star formation, rather than a flaw in our understanding of cosmology. [ more ]

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'Overmassive' Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

Early supermassive black holes in ancient galaxies are smaller than those in our nearby universe but appear too big compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies.

These early black holes were likely spawned by collapsing gas clouds and were more massive than their galaxies, but galaxies gained stellar mass over time. [ more ]

Inverse

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'Overmassive' Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

Early supermassive black holes in ancient galaxies are smaller than those in our nearby universe but appear too big compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies.

These early black holes were likely spawned by collapsing gas clouds and were more massive than their galaxies, but galaxies gained stellar mass over time. [ more ]

Ars Technica

14 hours ago

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Black holes formed quasars less than a billion years after Big Bang

Supermassive black holes are found in every galaxy, including early Universe, challenging our understanding of their rapid growth. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

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James Webb space telescope photographs most distant known galaxy

The James Webb space telescope captured the most distant known galaxy, suggesting a different early universe brightness and rapid star formation. [ more ]

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James Webb Just Observed the Universe's Youngest Galaxies Being Born

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of some of the youngest galaxies ever seen, just 400-600 million years after the Big Bang. [ more ]

www.scientificamerican.com

4 months ago

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JWST's Puzzling Early Galaxies Don't Break Cosmology--But They Do Bend Astrophysics

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed bright galaxies that stretch back to the early universe, which is puzzling because galaxies shouldn't have had enough time to become so massive.

Inverse

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'Overmassive' Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

Early supermassive black holes in ancient galaxies are smaller than those in our nearby universe but appear too big compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies.

These early black holes were likely spawned by collapsing gas clouds and were more massive than their galaxies, but galaxies gained stellar mass over time. [ more ]

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'Overmassive' Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

Early supermassive black holes in ancient galaxies are smaller than those in our nearby universe but appear too big compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies.

These early black holes were likely spawned by collapsing gas clouds and were more massive than their galaxies, but galaxies gained stellar mass over time. [ more ]

Ars Technica

14 hours ago

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Black holes formed quasars less than a billion years after Big Bang

Supermassive black holes are found in every galaxy, including early Universe, challenging our understanding of their rapid growth. [ more ]

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Nature

2 months ago

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'Best view ever': observatory will map Big Bang's afterglow in new detail

The Simons Observatory in Chile will provide the best view of the CMB, surpassing the sensitivity of previous tools.

Goal of the project includes finding evidence of cosmic inflation through gravitational waves in the CMB. [ more ]

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Astronomers Struggle to Explain Why Ancient Black Holes Are Nowhere to Be Found

Primordial black holes, potentially as small as an atom, could explain dark matter but are challenging to detect, impacting cosmological models.

The scarcity of primordial black holes in the early universe challenges theories explaining dark matter, sparking new research models. [ more ]

Nature

2 months ago

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'Best view ever': observatory will map Big Bang's afterglow in new detail

The Simons Observatory in Chile will provide the best view of the CMB, surpassing the sensitivity of previous tools.

Goal of the project includes finding evidence of cosmic inflation through gravitational waves in the CMB. [ more ]

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Astronomers Struggle to Explain Why Ancient Black Holes Are Nowhere to Be Found

Primordial black holes, potentially as small as an atom, could explain dark matter but are challenging to detect, impacting cosmological models.

The scarcity of primordial black holes in the early universe challenges theories explaining dark matter, sparking new research models. [ more ]

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Inverse

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Is this Newly Discovered Galaxy Dead or Only Resting?

Galaxy finished star-making early in the universe

Oldest 'dead' galaxy observed in early universe [ more ]

www.vice.com

4 months ago

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A Discovery Near the Dawn of the Time Has Revealed Something Fundamental About the Universe

Researchers have found evidence that gas outflows from quasars can suppress the formation of new stars in the early universe.

The study used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a quasar moving away from Earth when the universe was less than a billion years old. [ more ]

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