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From its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered astonishing discoveries, primarily due to its unparalleled infrared imaging capabilities that pierce through cosmic dust and ancient fog. Initially, scientists expected to observe fledgling galaxies in their infancy—small, chaotic clouds of stars just beginning to form shortly after the Big Bang. Instead, Webb revealed massive, well-structured galaxies that resembled our Milky Way, seemingly "too grown up" for their age, challenging the conventional timeline of galaxy formation.