Linking high-z and low-z: Are We Observing the Progenitors of the Milky Way with JWST?

Elka Rusta, Stefania Salvadori, Viola Gelli +2

The recent JWST observation of the Firefly Sparkle at $z=8.3$ offers a unique opportunity to link the high- and the low-$z$ Universe. Indeed, the claim of it being a Milky Way (MW)…