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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered back in time to detect two of the earliest and the most distant known galaxies ever seen, allowing astronomers to observe the universe as it was when it was only 300 million years old.

The record-breaking galaxies, dubbed GS-z14-0 and GS-z14-1, were identified by an international team of scientists who were part of the Jades (JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey) collaboration.

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