One such galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.3, making it the current record-holder for most distant known galaxy.

But JADES-GS-z14-0 was special — when I found it, I was quite suspicious because it had all the hallmarks of trying to trick us. I was sceptical until we finally confirmed its properties.

Using Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph), team members carried out follow-up observations of the galaxy in January, confirming that JADES-GS-z14-0 was indeed at a redshift of 14.32.

JADES-GS-z14-0 is definitely there, a shining datapoint that represents a new way forward for understanding how the Universe formed, at the very beginning. The location of JADES-GS-z14-0.

The presence of oxygen in this early galaxy suggests JADES-GS-z14-0 is far more chemically evolved than astronomers expected for such a young object. “It is like finding an adolescent where you ...

Piping Up at the Gates of Dawn Astronomers have found the earliest and most distant galaxy yet. The newly discovered galaxy, known as JADES-GS-z14-0, emanates light that is 13.5 billion years old.

One such galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.32 (+0.08/-0.20), making it the current record-holder for the most distant known galaxy.

Called JADES-GS-z14-0, the galaxy possesses a redshift of 14.32, pushing the previous record for the most distant known galaxy (JADES-GS-z13-0, with a redshift of 13.2) out of first place.

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...

Discovered last year, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant confirmed galaxy ever found: it is so far away, its light took 13.4 billion years to reach us, meaning we see it as it was when the ...