By- Srushti sharma
In photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, it entirely disappeared after initially showing up as a luminous blob from ground-based telescopes.
Now, in a photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the spectral object has surfaced once more as a faint but distinct galaxy.
The discovery of a dusty star-forming galaxy from the early cosmos by the James Webb Space Telescope contradicts earlier theories regarding the frequency and makeup of galaxies.
Jed McKinney, a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, described the object as a "true monster."
“Even though it looks like a little blob, it’s actually forming hundreds of new stars every year.
And the fact that even something that extreme is barely visible in the most sensitive imaging from our newest telescope is so exciting.
It’s potentially telling us there’s a whole population of galaxies that have been hiding from us.”
If that conclusion is confirmed, it suggests the early universe was much dustier than previously thought.
The team estimates that the galaxy is being viewed at a redshift of about 6, which translates to about 900 million years after the Big Bang.