JWST finds early galaxies may be 4 times more massive than thought
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Astrophysics models will need a rewrite if early galaxies are 3–4x more massive than assumed—more small, faint stars means prior simulations undercounted mass. For data and compute planners, it’s another reminder that better instruments don’t just add data, they obsolete old models.
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