'Universe Breaking' results from JWST -- What does this mean?

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In summary: The problem with this is that the "most massive galaxies" at these redshifts are expected to be in the form of massive elliptical galaxies, which are not detected in the surveys.What Causes The "Impossible Early Galaxies" Problem?There are a number of potential causes for the "impossible early galaxies" problem.One possibility is that the "most massive galaxies" at these redshifts are not actually massive elliptical galaxies, but something else entirely.Another possibility is that the "most massive galaxies" at these redshifts do not actually exist, but are instead just theoretical constructs that astronomers have created to account for the observations that
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Vanadium 50 said:
More of a Freudian slip. Photometric redfshifts are little better tnan "Golly, it sure looks red". Yes, someimes that's all you have, but it's hard to get excited until the real data - i.e. spectroscopic redshifts - come in.

No matter what Beyonce and JayZ post on their blogs.
Agreed. The papers will be published and bloggers and YouTubers will comment including The Hoss and others but ultimately, it will be discussion on PF that will make sense of it all. To me at least.
 
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pinball1970 said:
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