Waterloo astrophysicists observe distant 'jellyfish' galaxy

Waterloo astrophysicists observe distant 'jellyfish' galaxy

The University of Waterloo says information gathered from studying this galaxy has challenged some previously held beliefs about what was happening in deep space 8.5 billion years ago

Webb Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Jellyfish Galaxy Discovered to Date

NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made groundbreaking observations of a galaxy featuring gaseous “tentacles” within a galaxy cluster at a redshift of 1.156. This remarkable finding allows us to observe the universe as it was approximately 8.5 billion years ago. This web image highlights the jellyfish galaxy COSMOS2020-635829, with dashed circles marking four out-of-plane [...] The post Webb Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Jellyfish G…