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Robert Lea

James Webb Space Telescope could target tiny bright galaxies to shine light on dark matter

An image of Stephan's Quintet taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

If the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) investigates tiny and bright galaxies in the early universe, it may be able to to shine a light on dark matter — the universe's most mysterious stuff.

Such is the conclusion reached by scientists from the University of California, who ran a simulation of the cosmos that tracks the formation of small galaxies — starting as far back as shortly after the Big Bang. This appears to have upped the ante for the JWST.

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