<p>Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers has found the earliest known supernova, one which exploded when the universe was just 730 million years old. This observation shattered JWST’s previous record, a supernova that occurred when the universe was 1.8 billion years old. The team was following up on a gamma ray<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/jwst-captures-the-earliest-supernova-yet/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"JWST captures the earliest supernova yet"</span></a></p>
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers has found the earliest known supernova, one which exploded when the universe was just 730 million years old. This observation shattered JWST’s previous record, a supernova that occurred when the universe was 1.8 billion years old. The team was following up on a gamma rayContinue reading “JWST captures the earliest supernova yet”
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