Objects in JWST’s mirrors are closer than they appear
Other text in scientific journal, 2023
JWST has revealed the most distant galaxies known, but photometric estimates of their redshifts are likely to be overly generous, owing to a statistical effect identified by Sir Arthur Eddington.
Author
Stephen Serjeant
Open University
Tom Bakx
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
Nature Astronomy
23973366 (eISSN)
Vol. 7 10 1143-1144Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1038/s41550-023-02093-8