Webb discovers one of the universe's first galaxies

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-webb-universe-galaxies.html

"The scientists realized that most of the light from the galaxy wasn't coming from the stars, but from glowing clouds of gas.... They found that the galaxy contains almost no heavy elements.... "

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CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 118d (2 replies)

At the end of the day, with all the crazy ass bullshit going on I am grateful to live at the same time as the James Webb Telescope, the things we are learning now are truly incredible

lordnikon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 118d

Yep I don't have allot of hope for us as a society but it makes me happy that web and voyager are still out there to show we were here even after we are gone.

akwd169@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 118d

Agreed, and im really excited about the Vera Rubin observatories results too

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