The newfound galaxy appears to be in the midst of a star-birth sprint, and its reservoirs of gas and dust are being pummeled with countless photons of light. It is this light the JWST has managed to see.
Neat!
Photons if light? What other kinds of photons exist?
They are paraphrasing from the original news release, but poorly.
The gas cloud is being hit with so many photons of light from the stars that it is shining extremely brightly
Photons of light from the stars, as opposed to light from other things.
Generally poorly worded, but I can see what they are trying to convey. But they could have done it better.
Space.com really doesn’t have good quality articles.
Any headline pumping site, I always go find the original cited article. I trust the researchers who did the thing over someone who has a minor understanding and a good domain name.
Tho, I do like the articles on phys.org. They often seem to have direct quotes from the authors of the research, like they actually spoke to someone. But they are less space focused and more general science news from across the spectrum.
The kind where science communicators have to account for the lowest common denominator of reader that may not have payed attention in high school when the teacher was talking about photons being the reason for light.
The process of scientific discovery is never “Eureka!” but rather “That’s funny…”
Rule number one is never outshine your stars!
scientist: That’s weird…
I feel like we’ve seen this movie before…
