24 August 2026
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JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought

24 August 2026 Stuart Clark

Faint, low-mass stars could be hiding much of the mass in distant galaxies, making the surprisingly large galaxies discovered by JWST in the early Universe even harder to explain.

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  • JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
    24 August 2026
  • How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
    7 August 2026
  • Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
    5 August 2026
  • Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history
    25 July 2026
  • Caught in the act: the wind that could kill a galaxy
    10 June 2026

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