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"This discovery was partly serendipity! But, we believe there are many more such opportunities hidden in Hubble data." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez You don't see this every day. "Our hope with this kind of ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most ...