The James Webb Space Telescope detected carbon-rich molecules in a galaxy far beyond our own
The James Webb Space Telescope identified complex carbon-based molecules in a galaxy over 12 billion light-years away, revealing that the building blocks of life existed during the universe's early infancy.
The James Webb Space Telescope recently detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47. These complex organic molecules are common on Earth in smoke and smog, but finding them in a galaxy formed when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old is truly remarkable.
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