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We Now Know What Switched The Lights on at The Dawn of Time : ScienceAlert

Last updated: May 25, 2025 4:50 pm
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We Finally Know What Brought Light to the Dark Universe

The early Universe was a dark and formless void until recently when new data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes shed light on its origins. According to a recent paper published in February 2024, small dwarf galaxies played a crucial role in clearing the fog of murky hydrogen that filled intergalactic space during the cosmic dawn.

Astrophysicist Iryna Chemerynska from the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris stated, “This discovery unveils the crucial role played by ultra-faint galaxies in the early Universe’s evolution. They produce ionizing photons that transform neutral hydrogen into ionized plasma during cosmic reionization, highlighting the importance of understanding low-mass galaxies in shaping the Universe’s history.”

At the beginning of the Universe, shortly after the Big Bang, space was filled with a hot, dense fog of ionized plasma. This prevented light from penetrating the fog, leaving the Universe in darkness. However, as the Universe cooled and protons and electrons combined to form neutral hydrogen and helium gas, the first stars were born.

These early stars emitted radiation that reionized the gas, allowing light to shine out into the Universe. By about 1 billion years after the Big Bang, the cosmic dawn ended, and the Universe was entirely reionized.

Researchers previously believed that powerful sources such as black holes and large galaxies were responsible for reionization. However, recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that dwarf galaxies played a key role in this process.


A JWST deep field image showing sources identified as drivers of reionization. (Hakim Atek/Sorbonne University/JWST)

An international team led by astrophysicist Hakim Atek of the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris used JWST data on a galaxy cluster called Abell 2744 to study dwarf galaxies near the cosmic dawn. Their analysis revealed that these dwarf galaxies were far brighter and more abundant than previously thought.

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Stars in a dark galaxy
The field of view for Abell 2744 showing near-infrared light sources. (NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe/Swinburne University of Technology, R. Bezanson/University of Pittsburgh, A. Pagan/STScI)

The team’s research suggested that dwarf galaxies outnumber large galaxies by 100 to 1 and collectively emit four times the ionizing radiation assumed for larger galaxies. This indicates that these small galaxies were prolific producers of energetic radiation during the cosmic dawn.

While more research is needed to confirm these findings, the results are promising and provide new insights into the early Universe. Scientists are excited about the potential of the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover more mysteries of cosmic reionization and the evolution of our Universe.

For more details, the research has been published in Nature.

This article was originally published in March 2024.

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