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    This Is the Picture Astronomers Have Been Waiting For

    The James Webb Space Telescope’s debut is dazzling—and only the beginning.
    by Marina Koren Jul 11, 2022 4 minutes
    Source: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI

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    There are so many galaxies in here.

    Those bright, spiky points are nearby stars, but every tiny oval, every gleaming blob is a distant galaxy, a swirling creation brimming with stars and dust and planets. Some of the galaxies in the foreground are part of a cluster called SMACS 0723, so massive that its gravity warps the light coming from other, more distant galaxies. The effect magnifies their brightness, bringing thousands of them out of the darkness. The cosmic gems fill up every corner of the frame, each one captured the

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