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James Webb Telescope Reveals Early Galaxy, Shocking Timeline Shift

4/4/2025

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery with the James Webb Space Telescope, unveiling the galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1, which shines with bright hydrogen light just 330 million years after the Big Bang. This revelation pushes back the timeline of the Epoch of Reionization, indicating that the universe became transparent far sooner than previously thought.

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery with the James Webb Space Telescope, unveiling the galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1, which shines with bright hydrogen light just 330 million years after the Big Bang. This revelation pushes back the timeline of the Epoch of Reionization, indicating that the universe became transparent far sooner than previously thought.