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Charles Q. Choi

Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds

A deep-sky image showing hundreds of distant galaxies.

Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scientists could explain, a new study finds.

Astronomers made this discovery with the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful off-Earth observatory to date. Launched in December 2021, the $10 billion JWST specializes in detecting infrared light, just like thermal vision goggles. 

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