University of Texas at Austin-McDonald Observatory: Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
FORT DAVIS, Texas, May 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
Researchers analyzing data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old. Webb's data show these galaxies are surrounded by gas that the researchers suspect to be almost purely hydrogen and helium, the earliest elements to exist in the cosmos.
Researchers analyzing data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old. Webb's data show these galaxies are surrounded by gas that the researchers suspect to be almost purely hydrogen and helium, the earliest elements to exist in the cosmos.