"These six galaxies break cosmology!" scream the headlines. Yeah, nah — yeah, astronomers have found some galaxies in the JWST data that are crazy old, and yet seem to be just way too big. But nah: this doesn't mean cosmology is broken. As usual, the scientists ignore the click-baity headlines, roll their eyes and get on with figuring it all out. Plus, what time is it on the Moon? Not a simple question.

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Things we talk about in this episode:

·      What time is it on the Moon?

·      Universe-breaking galaxies (Nature paper)

·      Guardian article about the research

·      JWST, our second favourite space telescope

·      Redshift, distance and time

·      Lyman Break Galaxies

·      The Hubble OG, Ultra and eXtreme Deep Fields

·      JWST: Hold-My-Beer Deep Field