James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged
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The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/11794251

The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
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    18 days ago

    FYI from what I know the big bang didn’t create atoms (at least higher up on the atomic numbers). Atoms are created in suns as the subatomic particles ooze around, and then spread into space when the sun explodes. Afaik, or what was thought, will read article later.

    • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      In suns only up to iron, everything else from more special stuff. Like neutron stars merging.