"James Webb Telescope Discovers Eerie Glow in Vast Majority of Ancient Galaxies"

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that nearly all of the universe's earliest galaxies were filled with bright gas clouds that triggered intense bursts of star formation. This finding challenges physicists' understanding of galaxy formation and the standard model of cosmology. The discovery was made by studying a large group of 12 billion-year-old galaxies, 90% of which were wreathed in bright gas ignited by light from surrounding stars. The interaction with neighboring galaxies explains the unusual brightness and more massive nature of early galaxies. By studying these early galaxies, astronomers hope to gain insight into the beginnings of the universe's chemistry.