Fri. 01/13 - Surprisingly Old Galaxies & the Future of Libraries

<p><strong><em>New findings from the JWST may push the origins of the universe’s earliest galaxies back millions of years. Plus, a huge rare earth deposit has been found in Sweden. And an Instagram-based library run out of the home of a famous Mexico City artist––with a bonus defense of owning books you haven’t read.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-finding-too-many-early-galaxies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies</a> (Sky and Telescope)</li><li><a href="https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-dozens-early-galaxies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 1st galaxies may have formed much earlier than we thought, James Webb Space Telescope reveals</a> (Space.com)</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-may-have-just-spotted-the-universes-first-galaxies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First Galaxies</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64253708" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden</a> (BBC)</li><li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-sweden-europe-business-climate-and-environment-962efd20602a9cfa2d4e164e7ee450b8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China note! EU-member Sweden locates rare earth deposits</a> (AP)</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/13/rare-earth-metals-sweden-discovery/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sweden finds rare earth deposits that could benefit Western consumers</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/science/europes-biggest-rare-earth-metals-sweden" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Europe's biggest deposit of rare earth metals discovered in Sweden</a> (Interesting Engineering)</li><li><a href="https://bookriot.com/how-i-survived-the-closure-of-my-lib