Monday, December 12, 2022

Confirmed! Webb telescope sees oldest known galaxies

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December 12, 2022
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Confirmed! Webb telescope saw the oldest known galaxies
(NASA, ESA, CSA, and M. Zamani (ESA/Webb). Science: B. Robertson (UCSC), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), E. Curtis-Lake (Hertfordshire), S. Carniani (Scuola Normale Superiore), and the JADES Collaboration.)
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