JWST finds distant galaxy with "impossible" light signature - Big Think (bigthink.com)

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

quagsire-pog Aliems?

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Please god, let the 2-AU wide solar beam reach the Milky Way this decade and incinerate this planet

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Is a second big bang hitting the universe?🤞

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Some published discussion on this from February 2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02179-3

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

tl;dr one hypothesis is that regions dense with objects can effectively clear out the interstellar medium that would otherwise block its light. According to this paper, all the observed Lyman alpha emissions are from objects with nearby companions

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