The James Webb telescope discovered the five oldest galaxies in the universe – Science and IT
It is possible that there are even older galaxies in the universe, but even the most modern telescope, such as James Webb, has not yet been able to detect them.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered five of the oldest known galaxies that existed 200 million years after the Big Bang. This makes them 90 million years younger than the previous record holder. The research results are published on the arXiv preprints server.
Live Science writes about it.
The James Webb telescope broke its own record by discovering 5 new candidates for the title of the oldest galaxies in the universe. However, their status still needs to be confirmed by additional observations.
He discovered galaxies that existed at the earliest stage of the universe's history — 200 million years after the Big Bang. Previously, the record holder was the galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, which arose 290 million years after this…
