- Astronomers have detected the most distant known organic molecules in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the first time Webb has detected complex molecules in the distant universe.
- The complex molecules were found in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47, located more than 12 billion light-years away.
- The discovery sheds light on the chemical interactions that occurred within the earliest galaxies in the universe and how they relate to star formation.
