Scientists have discovered a galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago, 800 million years after the Big Bang. It contains possible evidence of the universe's first stars and is one of the most chemically primitive galaxies observed to date.

"The scientists realized that most of the light from the galaxy wasn’t coming from the stars, but from glowing clouds of gas… They found that the galaxy contains almost no heavy elements… "

  • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    At the end of the day, with all the crazy ass bullshit going on I am grateful to live at the same time as the James Webb Telescope, the things we are learning now are truly incredible

    • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 days ago

      Yep I don’t have allot of hope for us as a society but it makes me happy that web and voyager are still out there to show we were here even after we are gone.