James Webb telescope detects oldest 'dead' galaxy in the known universe

James Webb telescope detects oldest 'dead' galaxy in the known universe | Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans. | April 8 solar eclipse: 6 zoos on the path of totality and why animals react strangely to 'nighttime during the day' Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( March 7, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [X](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [James Webb telescope detects oldest 'dead' galaxy in the known universe]( (JADES Collaboration) [James Webb telescope detects oldest 'dead' galaxy in the known universe]( Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the oldest "dead" galaxy ever observed, at just 700 million years after the Big Bang. The stalled-out relic defies explanation by our current knowledge of the early cosmos. [Read More]( [] History & Archaeology [] [Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.]( (Roman Garba) [Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.]( Homo erectus may have crafted these stone tools 1.4 million years ago in what is now Ukraine. [Read More]( [] Space [] [April 8 solar eclipse: 6 zoos on the path of totality and why animals react strangely to 'nighttime during the day']( (Getty Images) [April 8 solar eclipse: 6 zoos on the path of totality and why animals react strangely to 'nighttime during the day']( Total solar eclipses make animals behave in strange ways. To see for yourself, stop by one of these zoos located on the path of totality on April 8, 2024. [Read More]( [] Health [] [A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines]( (andreswd via Getty Images) [A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines]( Advisers to the FDA say a type of flu virus known as the "Yamagata lineage" can be dropped from next year's vaccines. [Read More]( [] Animals [] [Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough]( (Denis-Art via Getty Images) [Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough]( Scientists at the company Colossal Biosciences have derived induced pluripotent stem cells from elephants, which they say could boost efforts to resurrect woolly mammoths. [Read More]( [] Daily Quiz [] Where did scientists recently spot a gray whale, believed to be extinct in the Atlantic Ocean? (Learn the answer [here](). [Vote]( [Off the Newfoundland and Labrador coast.]( [Vote]( [Off the Maine coast.]( [Vote]( [Off the Massachusetts coast.]( [Vote]( [In the open North Atlantic.](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( [Future]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036