New theoretical model claims to solve mystery of early massive galaxies
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 10:42
in Astronomy & Space
Astrophysicists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem published a new theoretical model that solves the mystery of the formation of early massive galaxies in the universe, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The findings naturally explain recent observations conducted using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which revealed a surprising excess of massive galaxies in the universe—already in the first half billion years after the Big Bang—contrary to the commonly accepted theory.