GS-NDG-9422 is a nebular dominated galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists assume that the galaxy's light comes mostly from superheated gas (more than 80 000 degrees Celsius).
References
- Nebular dominated galaxies: insights into the stellar initial mass function at high redshift, Alex J Cameron, Harley Katz, Callum Witten, Aayush Saxena, Nicolas Laporte, Andrew J Bunker, October 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 534, Issue 1
- In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars, 25 September 2024, science.nasa.gov
- ^ Galaxy GS-NDG-9422 Spectrum (NIRSpec), jameswebbtracker.com
- 'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars, Sharmila Kuthunur, 26 September 2024, www.space.com
- Webb finds potential missing link to first stars, 25 September 2024, esawebb.org
- Webb discovers 'weird' galaxy with gas outshining its stars, ras.ac.uk
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