Distant sparkles hint at how the Milky Way formed

Brian Welch ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 636, issue 8042, 305-306

Abstract: The JWST has captured images of the Firefly Sparkle — a galaxy that resembles an early Milky Way — in the process of being assembled from star clusters. The discovery could help to reveal how the Milky Way formed in the early Universe.

Keywords: Astronomy; and; astrophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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