JWST Completes a Huge Survey of the Earliest Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operating in 2022 and orbits 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, observing infrared light from ancient galaxies. As one of Webb’s primary objectives, it captures how galaxies are formed and how they evolve over billions of years. Its unprecedented sensitivity allows astronomers to study galactic structure, star formation, and…