The James Webb Space Telescope has already been involved in many scientific discoveries, and now it has found something absolutely remarkable again, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the galaxy called SPT0418-47, 12 billion light-years from Earth.

At the beginning of April, we wrote about how James Webb was able to go back 13.4 billion years, which is absolutely incredible, and now he’s a complex organic molecule 12 billion light years away. discoverer Through a combination of the gravitational bending of light and the extraordinary strength of JWST. Galaxy SPT0418-47 is seen as it was when the universe was a tenth of its current age, and it has already been observed to contain rich heavy elements and rather complex particles.

PAHs are produced in wildfires and engine exhaust, although some are used as insecticides. Finding them in space is quite another matter, since They refer to the important chemical processes and ingredients needed to create life. Detecting these complex organic molecules at great distances will change future observations. SPT0418-47 is gravitationally felt by a nearby galaxy to make it appear 30-35 times larger and brighter than without the lens.