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?

What’s next?

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At this point it’s a situation of we just aren’t aware of what we don’t know. As several have already stated, we can use whatever we find to refine or redefine our existing understanding of everything. We’re flying by the seat of our pants here.