James Webb telescope sheds light on earliest galaxies to date

James Webb Space Telescope (Nasa)

James Webb Space Telescope (Nasa)

Four galaxies that existed more than 13 billion years ago have been identified and confirmed by scientists as the earliest known to date.

These galaxies were present around 350 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just 2% of its current age.

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