NASA’s impressive James Webb Telescope continues to impress with the discovery of more space secrets, especially following its success in discovering the oldest cosmic galaxies ever.
Astronomers at NASA said that the advanced James Webb Space Telescope has succeeded in discovering some very old galaxies that are much older in age than anyone expected.
The international team of astronomers said that the controversial telescope was able to detect six possible galaxies in a region of space close to the Big Dipper constellation, only 500 to 700 million years following the Big Bang.
One of the researchers involved in the team said that the galaxy contains much larger objects than scientists expected, expressing: “We only expected to find young, young galaxies at this point in time, but we discovered mature galaxies like ours in what was previously understood to be the dawn of the universe.”
He added, “The galaxies appear to contain nearly as many stars as our modern Milky Way, but much more compact.”
“You just wouldn’t expect the early universe to be able to organize itself so quickly,” said Erica Nelson of CU Boulder, another researcher. “There shouldn’t have been time for these galaxies to form.”