This galaxy, which existed about 290 million years ago, after the “big bang”, presents particularities related to “profound implications” for our understanding of the early years of the Universe, explains the agency.
Named JADES-GS-z14-0, it “is not the type of galaxy predicted by theoretical models and computer simulations throughout the universe,” the two researchers linked to this discovery, Stefano Carniani and Kevin Hailine, said in a statement.
“We are happy to see the extraordinary diversity of galaxies that exist in the cosmic world,” they add.
Since its launch in December 2021, the telescope has already observed galaxies before checking the more distant ones. The new galaxy found is one of the most distant ever found, which makes the telescope break its own record, reports AFP.
Where the galaxy is located is “exceptionally bright considering its distance”, according to NASA, which estimates that there is a mass millions of hundreds of millions of years away from the sun.
This raises the question: “how was nature able to create such a bright, massive and large galaxy in less than 300 million years?”, asked the two researchers.
The James Webb telescope is stationed 1.5 million kilometers from Earth and is used for observations by scientists all over the world.
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