how giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early Universe

  • Written by: Ivo Labbe, ARC Future Fellow / Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
how giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early UniverseImages of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500–800 million years after the Big Bang.NASA / ESA / CSA / I. Labbe, Author provided

“Look at this,” says Erica’s message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

It is July 2022, barely a week after those first images...

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