The Galaxy Cluster That Grew Up Too Fast

The Galaxy Cluster That Grew Up Too Fast
By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/bQ0sZ7A)

Astronomers have discovered a massive galaxy cluster assembling itself just one billion years after the Big Bang, there’s just one problem… it shouldn’t exist! Current models suggest it shouldn’t have formed when it did, Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope working in tandem, scientists spotted JADES-ID1, a protocluster containing at least 66 galaxies wrapped in a vast cloud of million degree gas forming during what should have been the universe’s infancy.

February 14, 2026 at 06:52AM
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