Yvette Cendes
Yvette is an assistant professor of physics at the University of Oregon, specializing in radio astronomy and signals that vary over time, ranging from exoplanets to black holes that shred stars. She has written for publications such as Astronomy magazine and Scientific American, and is active on Reddit as /u/Andromeda321 where her “astronomer here!” comments are read by millions around the world.
Most distant confirmed galaxy
The farthest confirmed galaxy is JADES-GS-z13-0, discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in December 2022. The galaxy is located at a light-travel distance of 13.2 billion light years, meaning astronomers are observing the galaxy as it appeared just 325 million years after the Big Bang. Due to the expansion of the universe, however, JADES-GS-z13-0 is now located at a proper distance of 33.6 billion light years from us.