James Webb Telescope Uncovers Record-Breaking Supernovae
The telescope's infrared capabilities reveal 80 new supernovas, including the most distant one ever observed.
- The James Webb Space Telescope identified 10 times more early-universe supernovas than previously known.
- These discoveries include Type Ia supernovas, crucial for measuring cosmic distances and understanding universe expansion.
- The earliest detected supernova exploded when the universe was just 1.8 billion years old.
- Scientists utilized the JADES program to capture these supernovas in a small sky patch.
- The findings offer new insights into the universe's structure and star formation in its early stages.
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