this is one of the big findings are james webb.o 600 million years after the big bang and really see the formation of stars and the companion galaxies is an extraordinary feat. you can't go back much further because after the big bang, there wasn't an opacity to the universe. no light got through. so this is really very early days. we are getting to the very edge of capability for seeing anything. so pretty much everything that turns on the james webb and pointed in a new direction it is a new discovery and this is at the top of the list. they have found something that goes back even further in time, 250 million years. but this particular finding has really intrigued scientists because it offers them up a view of a really chaotic and yet also creative time for our universe. geoff: only 250 million years after the big bang? miles: is the blink of an eye. geoff: what does the firefly sparkle galaxy teach us about the early universe? miles: this is getting into deep origin ideas here. it allows us to imagine the very origins of where

nasa's james webb space telescope has obtained the first image of a clumps of stars, much like our ownrming not long after the big bang. here 5 our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. littered across the night sky are distant galaxies. in space, the further you look, the further back in time you see. that's because of the time it takes for the light to reach us. it takes around a second for it to reach us from the moon. for the sun it's eight minutes, and for the closest star it's four years. but the light from firefly sparkle is from not long after the very beginning of the universe. and it's taken 13 billion years to get to us. firefly is too small and too far away to be detected by the james webb telescope, but luckily there are a cluster of galaxies in between which acted like a gigantic magnifying glass, which enabled us to see in incredible detail. the formation of a galaxy like our own milky way in the process of forming. it takes the light coming from the firefly and bends and amplifies it and magnifies this object so that we can see it in glorious detail. and when it does all

and i would it again during the and also one taken with the james webb space telescope essentially every point of light, you see there is actually a galaxy with something like a hundred billion stars like the sun, as mary mentioned this talk is based on a book which had just last week. these are the exceptional request for cosmic life and the book was written when at first by myself, shown here trying to govern a galaxy and by jack shostak, who is a nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, but was really a chemist and, works on the origin of life. i would say. even modestly. i would say he is certainly one of the top five researchers in origin of life. the two assistants that. we basically want to answer in this book, or at least to address is how did life on earth begin and are we alone in the milky way galaxy, maybe even in the whole. i just want to remind that opinions about how life began and the milky way galaxy and so on have changed over the past thousand years, sometimes even a few hundred years. what to some people, they haven't changed even now, but i don't discuss those becau

i'll bet james webb is the most complicated of things we have ever flown. so it's just it's it's very fascinating account on how the discussion from the director the community to nasa's review to the congress across the board went. yeah. yeah. it was it was so much information. but i finally condensed it down to 2 to 2 chapters and and it was just yeah. i mean, you just have to the highlights. and as i said earlier, i, i chose one person to represent the process of coming up with the vision for it, two people actually and then another person who later became the chief engineer for the project and. i kind of follow his trajectory and his travails as he as he goes through the process of leading up to the launch. and then after launch, too, which was a nervous period because who knew if it was actually going to work, but it actually went very smoothly, but remarkably, even the first picture, if you want talk about, you know, that that really well when it came i tweeted that this is the greatest picture ever taken by human beings and it still remains my favorit

firefly is too small and too far away to be detected by the james webb telescope, but luckily, therealaxy like our own milky way in the process of forming. this artist's impression, published in the journal nature, shows what firefly sparkle really looks like. it'll help astronomers learn more about how our own galaxy was created. pallab ghosh, bbc news. forbes has published its annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women. 0h, oh, i'm not on it! topping this list this year is the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. she's closely followed by the president of the european central bank, christine lagard in second and giorgia meloni, the prime minister of italy, in third. it's the magazine's 21st annual ranking, with the first released back in 2004. that's it from me and the team here. thank you so much for watching. ben brown is waiting in the wings with the context. do stay with us, but now the weather. hello there. it's across scotland where there's been the best of the sunshine over the last few days. a beautiful scene here in perth and kinross, althoug

nasa's james webb space telescope has captured an image of a brightly—coloured galaxy, that offers at his journey from grassroots to being nominated for a golden globe best actor award. hello, i'm sally bundock. the new islamist authorities in syria say they plan to close the notoriously harsh prisons run by the ousted president, bashar al—assad, and dissolve his security forces. they've also said they're working with international organisations to secure possible chemical weapons sites, a move which has been welcomed by the united states.

nasa's james webb space telescope has captured an image of a brightly—coloured galaxy, that offers anto how the universe was formed. we speak to colman domingo about his journey from grassroots to being nominated for a golden globe best actor award. hello, i'm sally bundock. the new islamist authorities in syria say they plan to close the notoriously harsh prisons run by the ousted president, bashar al—assad, and dissolve his security forces. they've also said they're working with international organisations to secure possible chemical weapons sites, a move which has been welcomed by the united states. earlier rebel fighters broke into the tomb of the former president, hafez al—assad, bashar�*s father — in the family's hometown in northwestern syria. images showed a coffin and parts of the mausoleum on fire. the new authorities have also said anyone involved in torturing or killing detainees would be hunted down. large crowds formed in a suburb of the capital damascus, for what they believed would be a public execution of one of the former president's henchmen. there are some disturb

was that not the james webb telesco -e now? was that not the james webb telescope looking _ now? is much bigger than the telescope i am - that telescope? it is much bigger than the telescope i am a - that telescope? it is much bigger| than the telescope i am a director of! but we need all of these observatories together to get a complete picture of the universe. would you know when our galaxy is going to bash into another one looking at this? icircle going to bash into another one looking at this?— going to bash into another one looking at this? we know it will ha en in looking at this? we know it will happen in the _ looking at this? we know it will happen in the future. _ looking at this? we know it will happen in the future. one - looking at this? we know it will happen in the future. one of. looking at this? we know it will| happen in the future. one of our nearest neighbours as the andromeda galaxy, we know the edge on the galaxy, we know the edge on the galaxy is coming towards us, we are being pulled together by gravity and at some point, tens of millions of years in the f

firefly is too small and too far away to be detected by the james webb telescope, but luckily, thereible detail the formation of a galaxy like our own milky way in the process of forming. this artist's impression, published in the journal nature, shows what firefly sparkle really looks like. it'll help astronomers learn more about how our own galaxy was created. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the quiz is designed to encourage young people to consider a career in cybersecurity. there are seven in all but take a look at this one. our correspondent phil mackie went to birmingham to see who could crack the code. and if you don't want to know the answer, look away now! have a look. money, santa, ham... friend, card. king. is that a king? king... what's that one? ham. can you work this out? ok, so it's dollar, king, ham? buckingham palace. well done! brilliant! and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten, please turn over to bbc one or you can watch on iplayer. next, it's newsnight.

following her instincts and imagination, she has become a pioneering astrophysicist now managing the james webb space telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched into space. a brilliant, prolific author, dr. rigby is an inspiration and tireless champion for the lgbtqi plus community in both her professional and public life. she reminds us to never lose our sense of wonder, hope, and spirit of adventure as americans. [applause] teresa romero. [applause] a trailblazing labor leader, teresa romero is a champion for farmworkers across the fields, orchards, and vineyards of america that feed our nation. born in mexico, she has built an american life and -- in service to others, standing up for one of our most vulnerable, yet essential, groups of workers giving them the voice, hope, and inspiration to push for change. with grace under fire, her fight for safe working conditions, fair pay, and a path to citizenship is bringing us closer to realizing the full promise of america as a nation of immigrants. [applause] [applause] judy shepard. [applause] judy shepard took a mother's most profound

firefly is too small and too far away to be detected by the james webb telescope, but luckily, theres of forming. this artist�*s impression, published in the journal nature, shows what firefly sparkle really looks like. it�*ll help astronomers learn more about how our own galaxy was created. pallab ghosh, bbc news. gchq, the government�*s intelligence agency, has revealed its annual festive brainteaser for school children. the seven puzzles are designed to encourage young people to consider a career in cybersecurity. here�*s the first puzzle. phil mackie has sent us this report, and if you don�*t want to know the answer to this one, look away now! the greatest minds of britain�*s spy headquarters, gchq, have been at it again and set their annual quiz for budding james bonds. every year, the director at gchq sends out a christmas card with lots of puzzles on the back. we�*ve printed one of them up to see if we can find any potential spies here at the german christmas market in birmingham, and i�*m the man who�*s been licensed to grill. you�*ve got to work out from the picture.... firs

well, now with the help of the james webb telescope, look at this. a clear look at that galaxy and in it we can see an inner disk instead of the glowing core that gave its name. so that was the old picture. now here's the new one. wow. yeah, the center. i should say that right there in the very middle is a massive black hole that sort of gobbling up material in that galaxy. but pretty impressive how the new space telescope up there is giving us much clear pictures of what used to be stunning images from hubble like when you upgrade your laptop. all it's that tv. we've gone fully could be all right, jim. so they're saying the time to clear out the fridge. >> is today. they're saying they line it. also your thanksgiving leftovers. i mean, when you stop beating today, i'm gonna have to eat for the rest of for lunch. if i'm get in in on yesterday, my stomach was hurting. so maybe a hard push to that's according to the usda, which says yesterday was the last day to safely eat turkey and most of the size left your fridge. if you choose a freezing leftovers

look at the james webb space telescope. look at the hitting of an asteroid. on an asteroid and grabbing material. look at the drilling on the face of mars into cigar sized titanium tubes that we are going to bring back to see if there were life there in that dry lake bed millions of years. all these incredible things that these people do, and because of that, especially among young people, that engenders a great deal of excitement and, therefore, what we find is that nasa brings people together instead of splitting us apart. and that's not just domestically, that's internationally as well. and that's particularly so as we continue our international engagement with international partners. we've got 15 international partners that we built the space station with. 116 nations are doing science on the space station, and now as we get ready to go back to the moon, in order to be able to learn to go to mars with humans, we're going back to the moon with the international partners as well. so nasa is a place that brings people together in unity, and that -- that is t