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Through the combined power of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and gravity creating “natural telescopes” in space, astronomers hope to answer two science questions that are fundamental to understanding the origins and evolution of the universe: • How did the first galaxies in the universe form, and did they make the universe transparent to light? • How did later galaxies produce and disperse into the universe the heavier elements that are the building blocks of stars, planets, and even humans? These questions will be addressed in some of the first observations ...