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


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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.

Links:

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies (Sky and Telescope)
  • The 1st galaxies may have formed much earlier than we thought, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (Space.com)
  • Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First Galaxies (Wired)
  • Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden (BBC)
  • China note! EU-member Sweden locates rare earth deposits (AP)
  • Sweden finds rare earth deposits that could benefit Western consumers (Washington Post)
  • Europe's biggest deposit of rare earth metals discovered in Sweden (Interesting Engineering)
  • How I Survived the Closure of My Library (Book Riot)
  • The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits (Big Think)
  • This Mexico City Artist Created an Instagram-Based Library (Literary Hub)
  • Tlacuilo Biblioteca (Instagram)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
  • See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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