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Scientists excited about this 'Christmas light' galaxy
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December 26, 2024
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1:53Now PlayingScientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way, while offering a little holiday sparkle of its own.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently detected an image of a young galaxy that formed 600 million years ago after the Big Bang and that has amassed much like our own galaxy did at what you might call its infant stage.
Scientists have nicknamed it the Firefly Sparkle Galaxy because this image of star clusters reminded them of a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night. And appropriate for tonight's conversation, one British researcher said the image also reminded him of Christmas lights strung together with its 10 densely packed star clusters embedded in an arc of stars.
Geoff Bennett talks with Miles O'Brien about why scientists are so excited by this discovery.
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