Powerful Webb Telescope captures most distant known galaxy, scientists say

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured what scientists believe is the most distant known galaxy, after observing what astronomers call a "Cosmic Dawn" for the past two years.

NASA said in a press release that a "Cosmic Dawn" is the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang, when the first galaxies were born.

The galaxies, NASA said, give scientists insight into how gas, stars and black holes changed when the universe was in its infancy.

A team of international astronomers used the Webb telescope in October 2023 and January 2024 to observe galaxies as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JAMES) program.

POWERFUL WEBB TELESCOPE SPIES SPECTACULAR STAR BIRTH ...