The light reaching JWST from LAP1-B began its trip about 13 billion years ago. By the time it arrived, it carried an unusually sparse chemical record. This points to a galaxy barely touched by earlier generations of stars. That is what makes the object so striking. An international team led by Associate Professor Kimihiko Nakajima of Kanazawa University used the James Webb Space Telescope and the magnifying effect of gravitational lensing to stu…
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