Posted on May 29, 2025
Hi, 'Mom'! James Webb telescope discovers MoM-z14 — the most distant, early galaxy ever seen
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant galaxy observed to date — breaking its own record yet again.
The galaxy, dubbed MoM-z14, is "the most distant spectroscopically confirmed source to date, extending the observational frontier to a mere 280 million years after the Big Bang," researchers wrote in a new study that appeared May 23 on the preprint server arXiv.
In other words, the galaxy emitted light just 280 million years after the birth of the universe; after its long journey across the cosmos, that light is only now reaching Earth and JWST's infrared sensors.
The galaxy, dubbed MoM-z14, is "the most distant spectroscopically confirmed source to date, extending the observational frontier to a mere 280 million years after the Big Bang," researchers wrote in a new study that appeared May 23 on the preprint server arXiv.
In other words, the galaxy emitted light just 280 million years after the birth of the universe; after its long journey across the cosmos, that light is only now reaching Earth and JWST's infrared sensors.
Hi, 'Mom'! James Webb telescope discovers MoM-z14 — the most distant, early galaxy ever seen
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