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1 day ago · Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that some of the universe's oldest galaxies are much brighter and heavier than scientists thought. The finding could lend credibility to ...
Aug 26, 2024 · But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries. Not long after the James Webb Space Telescope began science operations in July 2022, breathless headlines proclaimed that observations of distant galaxies were “breaking theories of cosmic evolution.”. Astronomers had found galaxies that appeared much brighter than expected.
Nov 17, 2022 · Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found two extremely old galaxies from just 300 to 400 million years after the Big Bang. These galaxies are far brighter than expected, causing ...
3 days ago · Instead, the telescope's data shows early galaxies were larger and brighter than anticipated, even as the team looked further back in time. The researchers argue that these galaxies grew too big ...
Jul 31, 2024 · In other words, there were a lot more galaxies around in the early Universe than we thought, which could pose some problems for our understanding of the Universe's contents and their evolution ...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Webb has found early galaxies that are brighter and more numerous than predicted, and these galaxies have developed in unexpected ways: “There are more black holes than we thought, and there are ...
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Aug 30, 2024 · Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scientists could explain, a new study finds. Astronomers made this discovery with the help of NASA's ...