The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered the most distant galaxy ever confirmed, named JADES-GS-z14-0, which appears as it existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang.
The discovery of this surprisingly luminous and massive early galaxy challenges theories about how galaxies formed in the cosmic dawn
JWST has been repeatedly breaking its own records for the most distant galaxies since beginning operations in 2022

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeenyw8rd2o

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-finds-most-distant-known-galaxy

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 5 months ago (13 children)

It’s a shame that things like this don’t make national headlines. I sometimes daydream about how cool it would be if we were all collectively interested in these things.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (7 children)

This was in the national news like a week ago in the Nerherlands. I remember coming across an article about it.

[–] Crowfiend 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Over here in 'murica, the only news that makes headlines is about either Biden, Trump, Musk, or mass shootings. 🙄

[–] Treczoks 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not even that. With about two mass shootings per day on average, most mass shootings don't make the news.

[–] olutukko 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

wait is this statistically correct?

[–] Treczoks 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A "mass shooting" has four or more people being hit, which happens about 800 times a year in the US. And about once a year in other western countries, if at all.

[–] olutukko 5 points 5 months ago

okay that's insane

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