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Nature April 2023 PMID 36812940

A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang.

Ivo Labbé, Pieter van Dokkum, Erica Nelson, Rachel Bezanson, Katherine A Suess, Joel Leja, Gabriel Brammer, Katherine Whitaker, Elijah Mathews, Mauro Stefanon, Bingjie Wang

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Throughout the discussions, participants express strong interest in the discovery made through Webb Telescope data, with phrases like 'game-changing' and 'significant' highlighting its importance. Some comments reference future verification methods like spectroscopy, which indicates deeper engagement, while mentions of the potential for these galaxies to reshape astrophysical models demonstrate the perceived high impact of the publication.

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  • Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to search for massive red galaxies within the first roughly 750 million years after the Big Bang, focusing on wavelengths beyond 2.5 micrometers.
  • They found six candidate massive galaxies with stellar masses greater than 10^10 solar masses, including one potentially reaching around 10^11 solar masses, indicating such galaxies existed earlier than previously confirmed.
  • If these candidates are verified through further spectroscopy, the density of massive galaxies in the early universe would be much higher than earlier estimates based on ultraviolet-selected samples.]
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Sacani (Space Today) - AKA Gordão Foguetes
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Doctor Fisión
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Referencia: Labbé, I., van Dokkum, P., Nelson, E. et al. A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang. Nature (2023).

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ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡により今から133億年前、宇宙の誕生ビッグバンから5~7億年後に存在した6つの巨大銀河を発見した。 宇宙誕生初期に大規模な銀河の形成が始まったことは今までの定説を覆す。 A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang https://t.co/Edp7M3abGj

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Roland Baker
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Nature: A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang: The James Webb Telescope discovers six massive galaxies just six million years after the big bang that shouldn't exist based on current models. https://t.co/wZSCq2eWJE

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Nature Astronomy
@NatureAstronomy · X

Just published in @nature: 'A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang' by Labbé et al.: https://t.co/GhH5vRhnQF

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Francis Villatoro
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#Nature A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang https://t.co/XqwsU2PaNw six candidate massive galaxies (stellar mass > 10^10 solar masses) at 7.4 ≤ z ≤ 9.1, 500–700 Myr after the Big Bang, including one galaxy with ~10^11 solar masses. https://t.co/A3VUUn3pRp

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Doctor Fisión
@doctorfision · X

Referencia: Labbé, I., van Dokkum, P., Nelson, E. et al. A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang. Nature (2023).

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@Dangerwillrobsu @Robert198018 @ogui_miranda @julhamarcolan acontece que de certa forma faz parte fazer o conteúdo chamativo, ninguém saberia quanto essa descoberta eh loca só pelo nome do artigo que é “ A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang”

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A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang | Nature https://t.co/Ew0BHu8nhr

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Nature 22.2.2023 A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang 発見した「赤い大質量銀河」が本当に既知のそれなのかは、まだ検証する必要があって、あくまでこういうの見つけました！っていう報告なんやろうか いずれにしてもJWSTは優秀だなぁ https://t.co/pP7QhpzrSE

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The Webb Telescope Spots Six Galaxies That Shouldn't Exist. A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang @Nature https://t.co/Bwmm2Hab2G

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ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡により133億年前、宇宙の誕生ビッグバンから5~7億年後に存在した6つの巨大銀河を発見した。 宇宙誕生初期に大規模な銀河の形成が始まったことは今までの定説を覆す。 A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang https://t.co/Edp7M39DQL

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ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡により133億年前、宇宙の誕生ビッグバンから5~7億年前に存在した6つの巨大銀河を発見した。 宇宙誕生初期に大規模な銀河の形成が始まったことは今までの定説を覆す。 A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang https://t.co/Edp7M3abGj

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#Nature A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang https://t.co/XqwsU2PaNw #arXiv https://t.co/g3tY3XNuXS If verified with spectroscopy, the stellar mass density in massive galaxies would be much higher than anticipated. https://t.co/BGA6q6EaPo

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Just published in @nature: 'A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang' by Labbé et al.: https://t.co/GhH5vRhnQF

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@cosmos4u · X

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