Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed
https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-just-broke-the-record-for-the-oldest-galaxy-ever-detected-james-webb-space-telescope/
Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed
https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-just-broke-the-record-for-the-oldest-galaxy-ever-detected-james-webb-space-telescope/
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Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the previous most primitive galaxy recorded.
Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-just-broke-the-record-for-the-oldest-galaxy-ever-detected-james-webb-space-telescope/](https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-just-broke-the-record-for-the-oldest-galaxy-ever-detected-james-webb-space-telescope/)
What’s the margin of error on observations like these? Cause ten million years four billion years ago sounds like there’s room for uncertainty.
This is exciting but is it a fully formed galaxy or just a primitive one with hardly no stars.