Eli5: Why can we see galaxies but not closer stars/planets

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The JWST took a picture of a cheek load of galaxies, yet we can’t see pluto very well? The answer is probably super simple lol

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Average diameter of a galaxy: 100,000 light years, which is about 950,000,000,000,000,000 kilometers. They’re also made up of billions or even trillions of stars, all of them producing light.

Diameter of Pluto: 2376 km. It’s a chunk of rock in space which only reflects light and doesn’t create its own.

Edit: forgot a word.

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