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JWST discovers a new extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy
- February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new dwarf galaxy, which received designation CAPERS-39810. Further investigation of CAPERS-39810 revealed that it is an extremely metal-poor galaxy. The discovery was detailed in a paper published January 24 on the arXiv pre-print server.
Originally published at Phys.org