Telescope James Webb which is also the most powerful in the world, became the focus of the entire planet a few days ago when the images recorded by it were made public, among which the deepest picture of the universe ever recorded.

Now the powerful telescope seems to have figured out the most distant galaxy ever observedwhich existed before 13.5 billion years.

A particular galaxy is named GLASS-z13 and is estimated to have barely existed 300 million years after the Big Bang, that is, a cosmic phenomenon that was the “starting point” of the universe. That means it’s 100 million years earlier than the previous record, he told AFP. Rohan Naidu from the Harvard Center for Astrophysics and is and lead author of a study analyzing early observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.

In this particular case, the light from the galaxy GLASS-z13 is estimated to be emitted before 13.5 billion years.

Although this study has not yet been peer-reviewed, it has been published as a “preview” to be available to the expert community. According to Naidoo, it was submitted for publication in a scientific journal.

Many astronomers are already commenting enthusiastically on social media about this particular discovery. “Records in astronomy are already faltering,” tweeted Thomas Zurbuchen, a NASA scientist who called the discovery “very promising.”

The second scientific group also came to the same conclusion as Rohan Naidu, making him “more confident” in his assessment.

The galaxy known as GLASS-z13 has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years! pic.twitter.com/IljhTPlZSw

— New scientist (@newscientist) July 20, 2022

With information from APE-MPE.