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Ben Turner

James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible

The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0 which formed 290 million years after the Big Bang.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the earliest galaxy ever seen, and its unusually bright light is coming from a bizarre frenzy of star formation.

Named JADES-GS-z14-0, the galaxy formed at least 290 million years after the Big Bang, and contains stars that have been bursting into life since an estimated 200 million years after our universe began. 

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