The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered more bright ancient galaxies than researchers thought. JADES-GS-z14-0 previously held the title of the most distant galaxy observed, but a new candidate could take its place. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA))
The James Webb Telescope has set another record by discovering the most distant galaxy to date.
The galaxy, dubbed MoM-z14, is “the most distant spectroscopically confirmed source to date, extending the observational limit to just 280 million years after the Big Bang,” the scientists wrote in a new study published May 23 on the preprint server arXiv.
In other words, this galaxy emitted light just 280 million years after the universe was born; after a long journey through space, this light is only now reaching Earth and the JWST's infrared detectors.
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