In addition to observing specific objects such as galaxies and distant planets here in our solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope is also used to perform large-scale surveys of parts of the sky. These surveys look at large swathes of the sky to identify important targets such as very distant and very ancient galaxies, … Read more
Ancient stars born during the Cosmic Dawn have been identified at the center of the Milky Way. As part of a survey to discover some of the oldest known stars in the Universe, scientists have conducted a comprehensive search for these ancient but elusive stars, and have found that the measures revolving around the galactic … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope allows astronomers to see huge numbers of galaxies in deep space, and they’re finding some peculiar things. Notably, scientists recently trained the Webb telescope – the most powerful observatory in space – on as many as 100,000 relatively young galaxies and observed some unique cosmic phenomena in a galaxy dubbed … Read more
