Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The James Webb Space Telescope's deep field image shows a universe full of sparkling galaxies. NASA/STScI Astronomers have known ...

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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Ryan Keeley is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics, ...