The Big Bang Theory is -- possibly -- being debunked, disproved and about to be junked, thanks to the latest of scientific discoveries. Less than a year after the James Webb Space Telescope -- the largest optical telescope in space -- was launched, images are coming in showing galaxies in existence before the Big Bang supposedly took place. That's a bummer for the idea that the Big Bang was the beginning of the universe.
The Big Bang Theory has it that the universe started some 14 billion years ago in a hot, dense state that has been expanding ever since. If it were correct, the galaxies farthest away should be huge and should have a "red shirt" to their light. The James Webb Telescope is showing the opposite.
The new discovery has astronomers amazed, with many of them questioning their lifelong studies. "I find myself lying awake at three in the morning and wondering if everything I've done is wrong," said Alison Patrick, an astronomer at the University of Kansas.
The James Webb Space Telescope, the creation of Northrop Grumman Ball, was launched into space Christmas Day, 2021. That means the images that could be disproving the Big Theory started coming in almost immediately.
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