NASA image of galaxy starts a 'new chapter in astronomy'

's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened the doors to a new chapter in astronomy with the discovery of a galaxy that formed just 350 million years after the Big Bang - making it the farthest starlight ever seen by human eyes.

This galaxy, which was identified along with another that appeared 450 million years after the Big Bang, is exceptionally bright and suggests it came together just 100 million years after the event that sparked the universe 13.8 billion years ago.

Both systems of stars appear in the image as faint orange specks in the blackness of space and are only visible now because of to look back in time with its infrared camera.

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