One of the bright, early galaxies that have been hidden from view may have formed just 350m after the big bang, according to a new study.
Astronomers said Thursday that if the results were verified, this newly discovered throng of stars would beat the most distant galaxy identified by the Hubble space telescope.
Within a couple million years of the big bang, stars may have formed sooner than had been thought, thanks to the new telescope.
The latest discoveries were detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by an international team. The first thought was to have formed 350m after the big bang, and the other 450m after.
Before claiming a new record-holder, more observations need to be made in theIR.
According to scientists at a news conference, there are still some candidates for the creation of the universe that haven't been verified. They noted that some of those could be similar to previous ones.
Illingworth is a co-author of the article. We are still trying to sort out as a community which ones of those that have been announced are real.
The evidence presented so far is as solid as it gets, according to a chief scientist for the early release science program.
According to Raidu and his team, if the findings are verified and more early galaxies are out there, they will prove highly successful in pushing the Cosmic Frontier all the way to the brink of the Big bang.
One of the most intriguing questions regarding the creation of the first galaxies is when and how it happened.
The galaxies were hidden under the limits of what Hubble could do.
She said that they were waiting for them. It was a surprise that there are so many of these.
The largest and most powerful telescope ever sent into space is 1 million miles away from Earth. A series of dazzling snapshots of the universe have been released by Nasa.
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