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Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprising answer

“What came first, the galaxy or its monster black hole?” Technically, this is a much older riddle than the riddle about the chicken or the egg; although we only became aware of this relatively recently. And according to new research, scientists may finally have an answer. Supermassive black holes, which existed near the dawn of… Read More »

James Webb Space Telescope could target small bright galaxies to shed light on dark matter

If the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) investigates small, bright galaxies in the early universe, it could shed light on dark matter, the most mysterious substance in the universe. That’s the conclusion reached by University of California scientists who ran a cosmos simulation tracing the formation of small galaxies dating back to shortly after the… Read More »