Distant sparkles hint at how the Milky Way formed

成果类型:
Editorial Material
署名作者:
Welch, Brian
署名单位:
University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
刊物名称:
Nature
ISSN/ISSBN:
0028-5311
DOI:
10.1038/d41586-024-03849-6
发表日期:
2024-12-12
页码:
305-306
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摘要:
The JWST has captured images of the Firefly Sparkle - a galaxy that resembles an early Milky Way - in the process of being assembled from star clusters. The discovery could help to reveal how the Milky Way formed in the early Universe.