A group of international astronomers used data from the James Webb Space Telescope's observations to report the discoveries of the earliest known galaxies.
Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku explains the significance of new images provided by NASA's Webb Space Telescope on 'Sunday Night in America.'
In work, which NASA noted has not yet been peer-reviewed, the scientists found that the light from these galaxies has taken more than 13.4 billion years to reach Earth because thePrevious data from Webb had provided candidates for infant galaxies and the targets have been confirmed by obtaining spectroscopic observations.
, L. Hustak . Science: B. Robertson , S. Tacchella , E. Curtis-Lake , S. Carniani , and the JADES Collaboration)
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