NASA’s James Webb Telescope has captured images of three spiral galaxies that formed about 10 billion years ago.
And the British newspaper “Daily Mail” said on Tuesday evening that these galaxies are the most distant galaxies that the human eye has seen so far.
Astronomers said these galaxies formed in the early universe, specifically at what’s known as the “cosmic noon.”
The James Webb Telescope was also able to monitor detailed images of celestial bodies belonging to the early period of the universe.
Between 8 and 10 billion years ago, these galaxies were about half their current stellar mass, making this group the most distant the human eye has ever seen.
In the past, earlier telescopes like “Hubble” were able to photograph these galaxies, but the images of “James Webb” are more detailed and this helps scientists to understand the details of these celestial bodies and their characteristics, and to decipher the mystery of spiral galaxies.
And one of the galaxies observed by “James Webb” is a negative galaxy, in the sense that it will not give birth to new stars.
And the new discovery could lead to a bigger discovery, which is that the spiral galaxy, thought to be rare now, is abundant in the universe.
Red spiral galaxies are rare, making up about 2% of the galaxies in the universe, and their color indicates that they formed early in the universe.
For this reason, astronomers try to understand this formation and hope to learn more secrets about the early universe.
NASA seeks through the powerful instruments of the “James Webb” telescope to rewrite the history of star formation in these galaxies, which are believed to have formed billions of years ago, not far from the Big Bang.
