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Why are Astronomers Stunned by Abundant Oxygen in Earliest Known Galaxy?

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy, allegedly dating from just 300 million years after the big bang, with unexpectedly high oxygen levels. This is in contradiction to existing cosmological models with galaxy formation taking much longer. The findings refute the validity of the big bang story itself.

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Webb Spots Supermassive Black Hole Older Than Its Home Galaxy

This Webb/NIRCam image shows the little red dot Abell2744-QSO1, magnified and triply imaged by galaxy cluster Abell 2744. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Lukas Furtak, Ben-Gurion University / Alyssa Pagan, STScI.

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found an enormous black hole in the early Universe that appears to predate its own host galaxy, raising fresh questions about how the cosmos’ first supermassive monsters were born.

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