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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space observatory that was launched to space back in December 2021. Its primary mission is to study the early universe, including the first stars and galaxies that formed after the Big Bang. Recently, the JWST has reportedly discovered six massive galaxies that are so old they shouldn’t exist. According to NASA, these galaxies are some of the oldest and most distant ever observed, dating back to when the universe was only about 500 million years old. Ground-breaking: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has just spotted six massive galaxies in the early universe (pictured) that are so old they shouldn’ t actually exist. One of the sources (bottom left) could contain as many stars as our present-day Milky Way What makes these galaxies so surprising is that they are much larger and more mature than scientists would expect to find at such an early stage in the universe’s evolution. In fact, the galaxies a...

A group of astronomers has discovered a ‘barrier’ in the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. It is currently unclear how is works or why it even exists. An artist’s impression of the Milky Way’s center , using data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. (Image credit: NASA Goddard) Recent research published in Nature Communications describes the finding of a massive “barrier” at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The study’s researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science s in Nanjing examined a map of gamma-rays in our galaxy. According to Space.com, gamma-rays are the most energetic kind of light in the cosmos and may be produced when high-speed particles known as cosmic rays hit with the matter. The map revealed to researchers that something in the centre of the Milky Way is boosting the speed of particles, with some approaching the speed of light. Furthermore, the map revealed a substantial amount of cosmic and gamma rays near outs...