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It seems a bit underwhelming to go from 400 million years after the big bang to 350 million years. I hope JWST will deliver us even older galaxies in the near f
by Tepix 4y ago
It seems a bit underwhelming to go from 400 million years after the big bang to 350 million years. I hope JWST will deliver us even older galaxies in the near future.
- astroH 4y agoI think this is perhaps the wrong way to think about it. 50 million years represents ~14% of the age of the Universe (at 350 Myr) so it's really quite a big jump. Considering stars aren't thought to form until 200-250 Myr after the Big Bang, we're talking 33%-50% closer to this period. That's quite remarkable considering the was well out of reach just a year ago.
- RHSman2 4y agoTime is relative ;)