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Japanese researchers gain glimpse into the universe’s first stars

The Japan Times·Jessica Speed·18 days ago
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Masami Ouchi, a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (left) and Kimihiko Nakajima, an associate professor at Kanazawa University, at the education ministry on Tuesday | JIJI A tiny galaxy discovered more than 13 billion light-years from Earth may offer the clearest evidence yet of the universe’s earliest stars, according to a recent study by a Japanese-led research team. An international research team led by researchers from Kanazawa University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe an ultra-faint galaxy known as LAP1-B, dating to roughly 800 million years after the Big Bang. The study was published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. The team observed the tiny galaxy using gravitational lensing, a phenomenon in which the gravity of a massive galaxy cluster acts as a lens to magnify the light from a more distant object behind it.…

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