Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The JWST Spies Six Galaxies Becoming One

These JWST images show the six galaxies in the protocluster, and the SMBH in the dotted orange ellipse. The image on the right also shows fast-moving gas in blue. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA

The JWST looked back in time and saw 6 galaxies merging into one. At the heart of the assembly, a supermassive black hole is lurking. It all happened when the Universe was only about 1.5 billion years old, and the red-shifted light is just reaching us now.



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