They’re struggling to connect the dots.
Geplaatst: 21 mar 2026 07:33
They’re struggling to connect the dots.
Scientists are baffled over mysterious dots captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — with some suggesting they could be giant stars from the origins of the Universe.
“This is the first time in my career that I have studied an object where we truly do not understand why it looks the way it does,” Jenny Greene, a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University, told CNN. “I think it’s fair to call them a mystery.”
Scientists are baffled over mysterious dots captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — with some suggesting they could be giant stars from the origins of the Universe.
“This is the first time in my career that I have studied an object where we truly do not understand why it looks the way it does,” Jenny Greene, a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University, told CNN. “I think it’s fair to call them a mystery.”