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    This red dot is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen! The latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find the galaxy, which dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang newscientist.com/article/232960…
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    The galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years!
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