{"id":275287,"date":"2026-02-01T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/275287\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:43:11","slug":"nasa-discovers-a-surprisingly-massive-galaxy-cluster-2-billion-years-earlier-than-supposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/275287\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA discovers a surprisingly massive galaxy cluster 2 billion years earlier than supposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"NASA's<\/p>\n

\u24d8 NASA<\/p>\n

<\/a>NASA’s official logo<\/p>\n

Two powerful NASA observatories looked deeply into a patch of sky and found a galaxy cluster forming only about one billion years after the Big Bang. Scientists never expected to find something as massive as a galaxy cluster at such an early time in the universe\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n

When a cosmic object is observed, its distance tells us how far back in time we are observing the object. For this new discovery, scientists found a galaxy cluster in its formative years, only about one billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy cluster is called JADES-ID1. The cluster was found in the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), hence its name. The findings of the study were published in the journal Nature. <\/p>\n

Given that JADES-ID1 is still forming, it is referred to as a protocluster. Before now, the earliest protocluster observed with X-ray emission was seen about three billion years after the Big Bang. So seeing JADES-ID1 about two billion years earlier is quite profound. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, JADES-ID1 has a mass about 20 trillion times that of the Sun. Scientists are now wondering how something that massive formed so quickly. <\/p>\n

The discovery was made thanks to observations from both the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. When they observed JADES-ID1, two properties confirmed that it was indeed a protocluster. Firstly, Webb saw at least 66 potential galaxies held together by gravity. Secondly, Chandra observed that the galaxies were sitting in a huge cloud of hot gas. <\/p>\n

Scientists expect JADES-ID1 to evolve from a protocluster into a massive galaxy cluster after billions of years \u2014 one as massive as the ones seen closer to Earth.<\/p>\n

\tAn image of the galaxy cluster<\/p>\n

\t\"Chibuike<\/a>Chibuike Okpara<\/a> – Tech Writer – 369 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2024<\/p>\n

I have always been fascinated by technology and digital devices my entire life and even got addicted to it. I have always marveled at the intricacy of even the simplest digital devices and systems around us. I have been writing and publishing articles online for about 6 years now, just about a year ago, I found myself lost in the marvel of smartphones and laptops we have in our hands every day. I developed a passion for learning about new devices and technologies that come with them and at some point, I asked myself, “Why not get into writing tech articles?” It is useless to say I followed up the idea \u2014 it is evident. I am an open-minded individual who derives an infinite amount of joy from researching and discovering new information, I believe there is so much to learn and such a short life to live, so I put my time to good use \u2014 learning new things. I am a ‘bookworm’ of the internet and digital devices. When I am not writing, you will find me on my devices still, I do explore and admire the beauty of nature and creatures. I am a fast learner and quickly adapt to changes, always looking forward to new adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 NASA NASA’s official logo Two powerful NASA observatories looked deeply into a patch of sky and found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[569,6409,570,61,60,562,91,568,561,571,567,563,564,82,247,566,565],"class_list":["post-275287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-benchmarks","tag-early-universe","tag-graphics-card","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laptop","tag-nasa","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-science","tag-space","tag-test","tag-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}