Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we can discover an infinite number of hidden secrets in the universe. And now, researchers Cambridge University will reveal a discovery without precedent: we will find The oldest galaxy has already been created, with an interruption in its star formation that dates back more than 13 billion years.
Beaten like a galaxy that “live fast and die young”, Thanks to JWST we know that it abruptly stopped forming stars, making its life quite short, something that is not common in the universe.
Exploring the origin of galactic 'morte'
According to the team at the University of Cambridge, it is estimated that the initial active phase of the universe, characterized by the formation of new stars from dense clouds of gas, was followed by a unexplained stop in this galaxy.
In fact, it is speculated that the presence of a supermassive black buraco may have been responsible for exhausting the gas necessary for the formation of new stars.
The galaxy, which experienced intense star formation activity for a period of about 30 to 90 million years before sudden inactivityis an enigma in relation to the creation of stars in galaxies.
It is believed that its life occurred during the period close to the Big Bang, or seja, when the universe is only about 700 million years old. “As galaxies require a um rich supply of gas to form star novae“The early universe was like a free buffet,” explained Tobias Looser, of the Kavli Institute of Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.
This discovery was published in the journal Nature and has since managed to attract the attention of the world scientific community, marking both before and after our astronomy studies.
Since the observations of the scientific team have shown the state of the galaxy 13 billion years ago, it remains to explore how it is currently, along with the changes it has undergone.