Just a week after the publication of the first images taken by the James Webb telescope, it became known about a new discovery made by the device. He probably managed to find a galaxy that is located at a distance of 13.5 billion light years from Earth, Science Alert reports..

Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy appeared just 300 million years after the Big Bang.. It is 100 million years older than any other similar object known to date..

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The farther an object is from us, the longer it takes light to reach us.. This means that by looking into the distant Universe, we can look into the distant past..

Although GLASS-z13 was formed in the early era of the Universe, its exact age cannot be determined.. It could have appeared at any time in the first 300 million years after the Big Bang..

The galaxy was discovered in so-called " When translated from infrared to visible light, the galaxy looks like a red spot with white in the center..

Naidu and 25 other astronomers from around the world submitted their findings to a scientific journal. While the study was posted on the preprint site, that is, it has not been peer-reviewed. But it has already caused a stir in the world community of astronomers..

Another group of scientists who worked with this dataset got similar results, Naidu said..

Recall that the development of the telescope began in 1996.. It was originally planned to launch in 2007, but the mission faced a series of transfers and delays.. Because of this, the project budget has also increased, at the moment it is estimated at 9.7 billion dollars, 861 million of which will be directed to support it during the first five years after launch.

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The launch of the telescope was postponed several times last year.. So, it was planned that it would be launched on December 18, then the launch was postponed to December 22, and later to December 24. The launch took place on December 25.