JWST To Reveal Chemistry Of Ancient Galaxies, Is Taking Data For First Of Six Carnegie-Led Projects
The first of six projects led by Carnegie-affiliated astronomers will, for the next three days, use the James Webb Space Telescope to make some of the most-accurate measurements ever taken of the chemistry of very early galaxies—studying light that traveled 10 billion years to reach us. Carnegie’s Gwen Rudie and Allison Strom, formerly a Carnegie-Princeton…