galaxies
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 9, 2023 by John Mather · across every show →
Everything said about galaxies, oldest first
Sep 9, 2023
James Webb Space Telescope showed early galaxies grew faster than predicted
“We built the web telescope, it did what it was supposed to do, it produced beautiful pictures, and right away we could see that the galaxies grew even faster than we thought. And so even though we had the information from Hubble and all the simulations and cal…”
Oct 30, 2023
Mather: In 100 billion years, most galaxies will recede beyond detection
“If you were to come back in another, say, hundred billion years, most of the galaxies that we know about would have receded from us so far away that we couldn't see them anymore. So the universe will be in the process of appearing to empty itself out, and if y…”