James Webb Telescope Redefines Our Understanding of the Early Universe

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a tiny galaxy 13 billion years in the past that generated new stars at an extremely high rate for its size. The groundbreaking discovery could help scientists learn about the early universe and the formation of the first galaxies. The galaxy is one of the smallest ever discovered at this distance—around 500 million years after the Big Bang—and could help astronomers learn more about galaxies that were present shortly after the Universe came into existence.