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James Webb Space Telescope sees three of the earliest galaxies in our universe

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a whirlwind of blue gasses and bright spots wisp through space

Astronomers use the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered what they believe to be three of the earliest galaxies in our universe, actively forming when the cosmos was only 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST images, this galactic trio appears as faint red blobs feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen. For … Read more

Colossal collision at the beginning of the universe: this week in space

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More than 50 startups have registered for the EXPAND program – an accelerator led by Israeli company Creation-Space and the Tech7 innovation community, along with additional partners, supported by the Israeli Space Agency. From these applicants, five companies will be chosen to receive comprehensive business and professional guidance tailored to the space sector, with an … Read more

Birth of the earliest galaxies in the universe observed for the first time

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Gas accumulating and accumulating in a mini-galaxy under construction. Although this is how galaxies form according to theories and computer simulations, it had never been observed before. Credit: NASA × close to Gas accumulating and accumulating in a mini-galaxy under … Read more

Galaxies actively forming in the early universe feed on cold gas

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Researchers analyzing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified three galaxies that may have been actively forming when the universe was just 400 to 600 million years old. Webb’s data shows that these galaxies are surrounded by gas that the researchers suspect is composed almost exclusively of hydrogen and helium, the earliest elements … Read more

The Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope team will unveil new color images today (May 23): how to watch live

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Editor’s note: The new Euclid Telescope images were released at 5 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. CEST). You can view the five new views of the cosmos here in our image release story. The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid Space Telescope today (May 23). And if the previous set … Read more

The James Webb Telescope sees two monstrous black holes merge at the dawn of time, challenging our understanding of the universe

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This image shows the environment of the galaxy system ZS7 as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. A zoomed-in look at the merging black hole system is inset in yellow.

Astronomers have taken advantage of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect the furthest pair of colliding black holes in the known universe. The cosmic monsters – each estimated to be around 50 million suns in size – were discovered more than 13 billion light-years away, at a time just 740 million years after … Read more