"These six galaxies break cosmology!" scream the headlines. Yeah, nah — yeah, astronomers have found some galaxies in the JWST data that are crazy old, and yet seem to be just way too big. But nah: this doesn't mean cosmology is broken. As usual, the scientists ignore the click-baity headlines, roll their eyes and get on with figuring it all out. Plus, what time is it on the Moon? Not a simple question.
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
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Things we talk about in this episode:
· What time is it on the Moon?
· Universe-breaking galaxies (Nature paper)
· Guardian article about the research
· JWST, our second favourite space telescope
· Redshift, distance and time
· Lyman Break Galaxies
· The Hubble OG, Ultra and eXtreme Deep Fields
· JWST: Hold-My-Beer Deep Field
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