Astronomers have obtained an image of a miniature galaxy 13 billion light-years away. years from Earth. In this respect informs University of Minnesota.
“This galaxy is well beyond the range of any other than the James Webb telescopes, and these observations of a distant galaxy, the first of its kind, are impressive,” said Patrick Kelly, lead author of the study. “We have never looked at galaxies in such detail at a time when the universe was so young.” Because the galaxy is so far from Earth, astronomers consider it 500 million years after the Big Bang.
The image was not obtained directly, but with the help of gravitational lensing – large objects can work like giant magnifying glasses by bending rays with their gravity. While the volume of the discovered galaxy is approximately one millionth of the volume of the Milky Way, this does not prevent it from forming new stars at a high and constant speed, according to experts.
The galaxies of the young universe were significantly different from modern galaxies, and further observations will reveal more details about exactly how they were arranged.