James Webb Telescope finds early galaxies

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Recently James Webb Telescope finds oldest and farthest galaxies of our Universe.

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Telescope discovers two distant galaxies, they are located several light years from our Earth.

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Those two galaxies situated behind the giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744.

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These oldest galaxies have been formed approximately 450 million and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

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Gathered data shows that earlier universe were brighter than initially thought. So it's easy for Webb to find more data.

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Astronomers thinks that reason behind this birghtness is population III stars.

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Population III stars, are the extremely hot, bright stars that made shortly after the Big Bang.

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These type of stars made up of only hydrogen and helium, and would have burned much brighter them than normal stars.

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In local universe population III stars don't exist. This is new chapter of astronomy and big discovery till date.

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These research papers are published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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James Webb Telescope finds early galaxies

James Webb Telescope finds early galaxies

Recently James Webb Telescope finds oldest and farthest galaxies of our Universe.

Telescope discovers two distant galaxies, they are located several light years from our Earth.

Those two galaxies situated behind the giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744.

These oldest galaxies have been formed approximately 450 million and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

Gathered data shows that earlier universe were brighter than initially thought. So it's easy for Webb to find more data.

Astronomers thinks that reason behind this birghtness is population III stars.

Population III stars, are the extremely hot, bright stars that made shortly after the Big Bang.

These type of stars made up of only hydrogen and helium, and would have burned much brighter them than normal stars.

In local universe population III stars don't exist. This is new chapter of astronomy and big discovery till date.

These research papers are published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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