Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster

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The seven galaxies highlighted in this James Webb Space Telescope image have been confirmed to be at a distance that astronomers refer to as redshift 7.9, which correlates to 650 million years after the big bang. This makes them the earliest galaxies yet to be spectroscopically confirmed as part of a developing cluster.

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Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, T. Morishita (IPAC). Image processing: A. Pagan (STScI)

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