In light of everyone losing their minds over the great high resolution JWST images, what’s the functional application of this new information? Considering that we are so far away from even the closest star that interstellar travel is extremely unlikely, how does this new information help us?

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Let me state for the record that **I am not trolling**, and I am blown away by the imagery as much as the next person.
But what can we do with this new information? Where does it take us? How does it help us?

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I’m assuming that the clearer images make it easier to know exactly what we’re looking at, or at least be able to make more educated guesses. I think it also helps in the sense that we can see what other galaxies look like and how they influence each other.