Tiny Dwarfs, Big Light: Dwarf Galaxies Reionized the Early Universe
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New JWST and Hubble observations reveal ultra-faint dwarf galaxies were the primary engines of cosmic reionization, outnumbering large galaxies 100 to 1 and collectively emitting enough ionizing radiation to turn neutral hydrogen into ionized gas, effectively lighting up the early Universe by about a billion years after the Big Bang.
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