JADES-ID1
| JADES-ID1 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Composite image of JADES-ID1 made by the Chandra Space Telescope. | |
| Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 03h 32m 31.75s |
| Declination | −27° 46′ 51.5″ |
| Number of galaxies | ~66 |
| Redshift | ~5.68 |
| Distance | 12.7 billion light years (light travel distance) |
JADES-ID1 is a galaxy protocluster located around 12.7 billion light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Fornax.[1] Its redshift indicates that it was formed only about 1 billion years after the Big Bang. The space satellite Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that it contains a massive cloud of hot gas. The James Webb Space Telescope found that JADES-ID1 contains a minimum of 66 potential galaxies.[1][2][3][4]
JADES-ID1 lies within the Chandra Deep Field South. This field is part of a deep-sky survey studied by the Chandra X-ray Observatory's satellite.
It has the unusually high overdensity of z ≈ 5.7, indicating that JADES-ID1 a nascent protocluster.
JADES-ID1 emits X-rays and is the earliest protocluster found that has a hot intracluster medium. This stage of cluster formation has never been seen before while the universe was only 3 billion years old.
It has a gravitational mass of approximately 20 trillion solar masses, therefore much too big to be a single galaxy. So, it must contain many galaxies together, all sharing a single gravitational potential. It must have also been in existence long enough to heat up the intracluster gas and start emitting X-rays. This shows substantial gravitational collapse. JADES-ID1 appears to be a bound group that is mature. Models predict this sort of system should only be abundant much later after the Big Bang.[5]
The name JADES-ID1 comes from the survey that observed it, the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe | Chandra Blog | Fresh Chandra News". chandra.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ Bogdán, Ákos; Schellenberger, Gerrit; Li, Qiong; Conselice, Christopher J. (2026). "An X-ray-emitting protocluster at z ≈ 5.7 reveals rapid structure growth". Nature. 649 (8099): 1134–1138. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09973-1. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 12851925.
- ↑ up.", Robert Lea "JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow (2026-02-02). "James Webb Space Telescope watches distant galaxies form farthest cluster ever seen in the ancient universe (image)". Space. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe - NASA". 2026-01-28. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ cern (2026-07-23). "A hot start for cluster formation". CERN Courier. Retrieved 2026-08-05.