The newfound galaxy appears to be in the midst of a star-birth sprint, and its reservoirs of gas and dust are being pummeled with countless photons of light. It is this light the JWST has managed to see.

Neat!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Photons if light? What other kinds of photons exist?

[–] Zron -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The kind where science communicators have to account for the lowest common denominator of reader that may not have payed attention in high school when the teacher was talking about photons being the reason for light.

[–] bbuez 2 points 4 months ago

Well light is also a wave and radio is also photons, and I'm sure that's not taught in high school

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