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Robert Lea

James Webb Space Telescope watches infant galaxies bringing light to the early universe

A distant emission line seen by the JWST (left) and by Hubble (right) .

Baby galaxies in the early universe ignited gas to trigger explosions of intense star formation, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 

Many early galaxies like the ones the JWST detected were rich with glowing gas so bright that the gas itself could outshine stars emerging from within.

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