🔬 Science May 13, 2026 · Jacek Krywko

Gravitational lens shows a galaxy just 800 million years post-Big Bang

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Gravitational lens shows a galaxy just 800 million years post-Big Bang
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For decades, astronomers looking through telescopes like Hubble have been trying to catch a glimpse of the ancient epoch when the Universe's first generation of stars ignited. But the small galaxies that were the building blocks of the cosmos we know today were too faint to spot, even by the most powerful instruments. Now it seems astronomers finally have two things on their side: the Webb Space Telescope and a bit of luck.
In a recent paper in Nature, a team of scientists led by Kimihiko Nakaji

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