In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted a dusty star-forming galaxy known as AzTECC71. This galaxy, located nearly 1 billion years after the Big Bang, was previously thought to be extremely rare in the early universe. However, the identification of AzTECC71, along with the discovery of more than a dozen additional candidates, suggests that these galaxies may be three to 10 times more common than expected. The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, could indicate that the early universe was dustier than previously believed. The COSMOS-Web project, co-led by Caitlin Casey of UT Austin, aims to map up to 1 million galaxies from a portion of the sky the size of three full moons, providing valuable insight into the earliest structures of the universe.
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