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  • When the Universe Broke the Rules: Webb Spots “Impossible” Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn

    06/13/2025 5:44:18 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 60 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | June 13, 2025 | Sonia Fernandez, University of California - Santa Barbara
    Six images of galaxies taken from nearly 800,000, from upper left to lower right: the present-day universe, and 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 billion years ago. Credit: M. Franco / C. Casey / COSMOS-Web collaboration ************************************************************ A new cosmic deep field map from the COSMOS collaboration, powered by the James Webb Space Telescope, is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the early universe. Spanning nearly the full history of cosmic time and featuring nearly 800,000 galaxies, the data shows a universe forming stars and supermassive black holes far earlier—and in greater numbers—than previously predicted. This unprecedented scope offers...