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Webb Telescope Finds Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed, Again

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said Thursday.

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James Webb telescope discovers the 2 earliest galaxies in the known universe — and 1 is shockingly big

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known universe, dating to just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The detection of even earlier galaxies is likely to follow.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

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The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its “birth” in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between the Big Bang and the present day.

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If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?

Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustratingly elusive, but a new quantum clue has been discovered.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a merger between two supermassive black holes so distant it proceeded just 740 million years after the Big Bang.

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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time?

The JWST’s is so big that it can “see” the faintest and farthest galaxies and stars in the universe.

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang

Primordial black holes left over from the Big Bang and no wider than a dime could be a prime target for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope after it launches in 2026.

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Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.

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James Webb telescope finds origins of the biggest explosion since the Big Bang — revealing a new cosmological mystery

Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more questions.

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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called 'God particle,' has died

Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle, helping explain how matter formed after the Big Bang. His death at 94 was announced by the University of Edinburgh, where he was a professor.

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3D map of over 1 million black holes traces where the universe's dark matter lies

Nearly 1.3 million quasars are included in a vast cosmic map, with the most distant having existed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Speck of light glimpsed by Hubble is truly an enormous old galaxy, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a mere speck of light seen by Hubble, identifying it as a massive early galaxy that existed just 510 million years after the Big Bang.

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'Axion stars' that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter

Hypothetical particles called axions may have gathered to form "axion stars" that exploded in the early universe to create readable signals that could reveal the secrets of dark matter.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing in the early universe

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red," growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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Did God have anything to do with the Big Bang, my five-year-old would like to know…

My son’s curiosity about the beginning of the universe and religion is prompting mind-stretching questions at home

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James Webb Space Telescope tracks a galaxy's history back to just after the Big Bang

Using the James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have zoomed in on a dwarf galaxy in the Milky Way's local group to understand the ebb and flow of star formation since the early universe.

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Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprise answer

Observations of bright galaxies in the early universe could indicate that black holes were driving star formation and galaxy growth just 50 million years after the Big Bang.

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Why the multiverse is possible according to physics, but not definitely

From the possibility of multiple universes to the concept of cosmic inflation, explore the boundaries of physics and reality.

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Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that will discover the faintest ripples in space-time

The new LISA gravitational wave detector, which will be launched into orbit in 2035, promises to detect cosmic collisions from the earliest moments after the Big Bang.

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Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90

Penzias, with his colleague Robert Woodrow Wilson, discovered the cosmic microwave background while working at Bell Labs in the 1960s. The finding was the smoking gun evidence for the Big Bang.

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An impossibly huge ring of galaxies might lead us to new physics. Here's how

This galactic superstructure appears to us as it was over 9 billion years ago.

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Cosmic strings can break — and when they do, they shake the universe

Many models of the universe predict the existence of countless invisible strings stretching across space. New research finds a way these strings might snap — and how we could feel the fallout.

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The cosmic dark ages: Everything you need to know

During the cosmic dark ages, the early universe was shrouded in darkness. Learn more about why this was the case and how the universe eventually became transparent.

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8 stunning James Webb Space Telescope discoveries made in 2023

The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down — here are the JWST's wildest discoveries of 2023.

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