RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoJWST finds distant galaxy with "impossible" light signature - Big Thinkbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkJWST finds distant galaxy with "impossible" light signature - Big Thinkbigthink.comRagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSome published discussion on this from February 2024 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02179-3
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agotl;dr one hypothesis is that regions dense with objects can effectively clear out the interstellar medium that would otherwise block its light. According to this paper, all the observed Lyman alpha emissions are from objects with nearby companions
Some published discussion on this from February 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02179-3
tl;dr one hypothesis is that regions dense with objects can effectively clear out the interstellar medium that would otherwise block its light. According to this paper, all the observed Lyman alpha emissions are from objects with nearby companions