The Webb telescope just offered a revelatory view of humanity’s distant past

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The Webb telescope just offered a revelatory view of humanity’s distant past
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390 light years away

As galactic scales go, that’s really close

Does that mean the image is from 390 years ago?

Yes, if one of those stars blew up 389 years ago, we’d see it next year