Webb Telescope Spots the Second Most Distant Galaxy Yet

A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed.

Astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen

The galaxy, called JD1, is seen as it was when the universe was only 480 million years old, or 4% of its present age.

Astronomers confirm age of most distant galaxy

The radio telescope array ALMA has pin-pointed the exact cosmic age of a distant JWST-identified galaxy, GHZ2/GLASS-z12, at 367 million years after the Big Bang.