A galaxy just 600 million years old, nicknamed “Firefly Sparkle,” has recently been discovered thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), offering an unprecedented glimpse into the formation of galaxies like our own Milky Way. This low-mass galaxy, located 13.4 billion light-years away, provides a vivid snapshot of the early cosmos. It showcases dense star clusters cocooned in gas and dust, which are akin to the building blocks of galaxies…

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"Firefly Sparkle”: James Webb Telescope Discovers a New Early Galaxy Similar to the Milky Way - The Debrief

The Firefly Sparkle galaxy is so named because it resembles a "sparkle" or swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night.

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SPACE LETTER. The James Webb telescope observed, in the early Universe, a galaxy as small in mass as our nascent Milky Way: a first.

LETTRE DE L'ESPACE. Le telescope James Webb a observe, dans l'Univers primitif, une galaxie aussi peu massive que notre Voie lactee naissante : une premiere.

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A sparkling cosmic “firefly” reveals the secrets of the universe's first galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, existing 600 million years after the Big Bang. This rare discovery showcases a galaxy similar in mass to the Milky Way during...

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Firefly Sparkle: Por qué la consideran como la galaxia similar a la Vía Láctea y a las luces de Navidad

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Firefly Sparkle: Why they regard it as the galaxy similar to the Milky Way and the Christmas lights

What was the Milky Way like billions of years ago? One way we can find out is by looking at the most distant galaxies in the observable Universe. Seeing those far galaxies is one goal of the James Webb Space Telescope. It has revealed some surprising facts about early galaxies, and now it is starting to reveal the story of our own.  Most of the galaxies Webb has observed so far have been larger than we expected, which led to some speculation tha…

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Webb Weighs an Early Twin of the Milky Way

Az űrtávcső in the future, many similar discoveries will be made.

Az űrtávcső a jövőben számos ehhez hasonló felfedezést tehet.

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A newly formed galaxy was photographed by James Webb

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, existing 600 million years after the Big Bang. This rare discovery showcases a galaxy similar in mass to the Milky Way during its early years. Unprecedented details were revealed using gravitational lensing and infrared imaging, highlighting 10 distinct star clusters within Firefly Sparkle. Close …The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, existi…

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The galaxy is flanked by two companions, situated 6,500 and 42,000 light-years away, which are expected to shape its future evolution.

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Webb Telescope unveils a Milky Way-like galaxy from the early universe

For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered and measured the mass of a galaxy that existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang. Nicknamed the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, this tiny galaxy is similar in size to what our Milky Way might have looked like when it […] The post Scientists reveal firefly sparkle galaxy, a window into the universe’s first billion years appeared first on Knowri…

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