The study authors say these ancient galaxies could offer clues as to how the first galaxies formed.The chatbot was downloaded more than 17 million on iOS globally as of July 4, according to data.ai.

'It is only by their light that we can begin to understand the exotic physics that governed the galaxy near the cosmic dawn.' 'These early galaxies are like beacons, with light bursting through the very thin hydrogen gas that made up the early universe,' said Joel Leja, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State. WEBB TELESCOPE FINDS NEW COLOSSEUM-SIZED ASTEROID IN MAIN BELT BY ACCIDENTĪccording to the researchers, with the expansion of the universe over time, the galaxies are likely closer to 33 billion light years away from Earth. 'The research team estimates that the light detected by JWST was emitted by the two galaxies when the universe was about 330 million years old and traveled for about 13.4 billion light years to reach the JWST,' according to a news release. These early galaxies are expected to have formed out of similar materials, but already they are showing signs of being very different than one another.'Īfter using JWST to look at the smaller pool of galaxies, the telescope recorded the amount of light given off by each galaxy, also known as spectra. It is unclear if the difference in size is due to how the stars formed or what happened to them after they formed, but the diversity in the galaxy properties is really interesting. 'But one of ours appears elongated, almost like a peanut, and the other looks like a fluffy ball. 'Previously discovered galaxies at these distances are point sources - they appear as a dot in our images,' Wang said. Study author and Penn State postdoctoral scholar Bingjie Wang said these two galaxies are different from other galaxies at extreme distances because of their appearance. TELESCOPE USED TO STUDY MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE RELEASES FIRST IMAGES IN STUNNING DETAIL The team of astronomers narrowed the points of interest to 700 before following up on eight candidates they thought could be among the first galaxies. The James Webb Space Telescope image of Pandora's Cluster contains about 60,000 light sources.

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