Why a James Webb Space Telescope mystery doesn't (necessarily) break cosmology

Why a James Webb Space Telescope mystery doesn't (necessarily) break cosmology

On Christmas Day, 2021, an Ariane 5 rocket leaped from its launch pad in French Guiana. Perched on the rocket’s nose was the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST was designed to perform several tasks, but one of the most important was to study the first stars and galaxies to come into existence. The telescope has performed magnificently; however, some troubling observations have been reported. When the JWST took its first loo…