JWST uncovers a surprising amount of nickel in adolescent galaxies
Researchers discovered these galaxies, which are in their awkward 'teenage' era, are filled with a 'flabbergasting' amount of nickel.
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Researchers discovered these galaxies, which are in their awkward 'teenage' era, are filled with a 'flabbergasting' amount of nickel.
A sample of galaxies dating to the first 2 to 3 billion years of the universe contain much heavier elements, and appear to be far hotter, than scientists expected.
Since becoming operational last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has made groundbreaking observations involving some of the universe's earliest galaxies. One might call them galactic infants.
The James Webb Space Telescope took one of the most detailed images of "teenage galaxies," helping scientists understand how galaxies form and evolve.
Significant amounts of nickel observed in galaxies only two-to-three billion years after the Big Bang.