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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Firefly Sparkle Galaxy ‘Being Assembled Brick by Brick’ (Images, Video)

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A relic galaxy has been discovered from the early universe, revealing new clues about what our galaxy, the Milky Way, might have looked like billions of years ago.

In new images from NASA james webb space telescopeThe galaxy appears as a long, twisting arc teaming with star clusters, resembling a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night. Its dazzling appearance has earned this cosmic structure the nickname “Firefly Flame Galaxy.”

Researchers used computer modeling to measure the weight of the galaxy, showing that the galaxy had a mass similar to what the galaxy may have had at the same stage of development 600 million years later. big bang. Other galaxies discovered around the same time are said to be much more massive. declaration From NASA.

The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy belongs to a cluster of three galaxies known as MACS J1423. This dazzling galaxy is teamed with star clusters that resemble a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Chris Willott (National Research Council of Canada), Lamiya Mowla (Wellesley University), Kartheik Iyer (Columbia University))

“I didn’t think it would be possible to resolve a galaxy that existed so early. universe Lamiya Mowla, co-author of the study and assistant professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, said: “There is so much going on inside this tiny galaxy, including the various stages of star formation.”

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