The University of Texas said that, for the first time, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed galaxies with stellar bars in the early universe.
Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku explains the significance of new images provided by NASA's Webb Space Telescope on 'Sunday Night in America.'have revealed galaxies with stellar bars at a time when the universe was a quarter of its present age.
In a release, the University of Texas said the find of the barred galaxies will require scientists to fine-tune their theories of galaxy evolution, and noted that the Hubble Space Telescope had never detected bars at such young epochs. The James Webb Space Telescope has a larger mirror, giving it more light-gathering ability and allowing it to see farther with higher resolution. "I took one look at these data, and I said, ‘We are dropping everything else!’" Shardha Jogee, professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, said in a statement, describing data from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey .
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