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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

Unexpected Elements

CHAPTER

Were There Any Specks of Light?

We dumped a bucket into the water and pulled up what we could. At first we couldn't see a glow but slowly like the longer we stared at it and let the water settle, then the glow became more intense. It looked homogenous when you look over the deck into the ocean but in the bucket it didn't look as homogenous. How far was it spreading? This wasn't from the way you describe it, just a patch just around the boat. No, no. We could see glowing from horizon to horizon. That's a novel way to do science. And did you have any sense, you know, was this on the surface or did they have any sense that it was

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