MOSCOW, March 8The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the oldest dead galaxy devoid of star formation, CNN writes, citing scientific research.
«The galaxy existed when The Universe was only about 700 million years old, but now it is already more than 13.8 billion years old,” the publication emphasized.
For scientists It remains to be seen why the process of new star formation stopped so early in a galaxy that is approximately 13 billion years old, the material says. In addition, studying this galaxy could provide new insights into the early Universe and the factors influencing star formation within galaxies, the publication noted.
James Webb launched from Earth on December 25, 2021 . The James Webb Telescope project took more than two decades to complete, involving the US, Canada and the EU, with numerous technical difficulties and many times over budget. According to available estimates, the final cost of the James Webb spacecraft mission, which, according to its creators, is a hundred times more far-sighted than the Hubble Space Telescope, reached ten billion dollars.