Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.
Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesAstronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to explore the strands of the Spiderweb protocluster. While the $10 billion space telescope didn't find a creepy cosmic spider at the heart of this intergalactic web, it did discover some surprises.
"We are observing the build-up of one the largest structures in the universe, a city of galaxies in construction,” team member Jose M. Pérez-Martínez of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias said in a statement."We know that most galaxies in local galaxy clusters, the biggest metropolises of the universe, are old and not very active, whereas in this work, we are looking at these objects during their adolescence.
The team's impressive results, achieved with just 3.5 hours of observing time, demonstrate the incredible power of the JWST.
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