'There's No Going Back from This' James Webb Telescope Uncovers One of the Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen

"There's No Going Back from This" James Webb Telescope Uncovers One of the Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen. NASA just announced they found one of the most distance structures merging in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. The Webb Telescope discovered plenty of far-away galaxies, when it first took its deep field image.

Suddenly, galaxies started to pop out of the darkness of time and space, revealing themselves. The universe, for the first time, began to seem way stranger than we ever thought it to be. Galaxies emerged from what we believed to be the universe’s dark ages, raising doubts over the science of our cosmic model. And it wasn’t just a couple of galaxies. The Webb telescope found hundreds of them.

And now astronomers are staring at a galaxy that could be one of the oldest ever, and the shocking part is that it already contains billions of stars. Interestingly, only two years ago the Hubble Space Telescope spotted this cosmic giant as an unusual point of light in its field of view.

Scientists couldn’t have imagined that this odd speck of light is a monstrous galaxy lurking at the edge of time, until they turned Webb to look at it. Webb’s observation revealed that the point of light is actually a primordial galaxy that is far more massive and mature than it should be.

Dubbed Gz9p3, this galaxy is at a redshift of z=9.3, which means we are seeing it as it was only 510 million years after the Big Bang…

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[pauls]

We do not have the capacity to grasp even a fraction of what actually is out there or how it came to be. Wonderful!

[aliservan]

I've got a friend who's an astrophysicists, and he and his colleagues have never been happier. They're wetting their pants over the idea of new physics

[randomobserver]

"Monstrous Galaxy at the Edge of Time" is my favourite phrase I have encountered in some while.

[cadebritt]

I am just happy to see James Webb working before I die.

[panamanianviking]

Theres something so nice about someone that knows alot being dumbfounded and handling it open mind humility and grace

[saphire]

The thing that amazes me is that even though our powerful telescope can show us what these galaxies looked like billions of years ago, we have no idea if they are still even in existence today or what civilizations might exist there?

[wout]

The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level."
- Wolfgang Pauli

[Aety]

It still blows my mind at how far away and massive these celestial bodies are, how much time has passed, and that we can see them and understand them to the extent that we do.

[KrN]

In 1967 I was 7 years old and I was given a book about the universe. I still have that book, and I get a kick looking at the theories and the modest amount of information of that time. 2 years later mankind landed on the moon, and I became hooked as a Sci-Fi nut.
The James Webb telescope just had to unfurl and set up in a simple 250 step process :) ... and it has followed that miracle with many amazing finds.

[aqdrobert]

Astrophysicist: I have a theory.
Universe: If you say so.

[Mrche]

I love how scientists get excited of being wrong and are not afraid of being wrong. You imagine a congressman ever admitting they’re wrong?

[snowgorilla]

Not enough of us realize what an undertaking build Webb was.
TRULY AMAZING STUFF

[MrAshtute]

James webb has told us our current science is wrong.... brilliant because it will lead to some amazing new discoveries

[knurled]

This should be celebrated, new knowledge and understanding keeps humanity striving and progressing.

[jacquesjtheripper]

From the microscopic matter and life, to the magnitude of the universe, it's unfathomable.

[gabbsdad]

The more we learn the more complicated it becomes.

[AluminumHaste]

Calm down people, this is what JWST was created for. This isn't a bad thing, this is freaking awesome!

[SciHeartJourney]

What an exciting time to be alive! I'm actually excited that they're going to have to rewrite the textbooks.

[RobertsMrtn]

No matter how far we look in the universe, we see the same basic structure. Fully formed galaxies equally spaced. The problem is not the observation, it's the theory being reported as fact.

[rufiorufioo]

Never gets old. We sit here worrying stressing through our lives.. we are merely literal specs of dust in space and time. Enjoy the time while you are still breathing.