aris_ada t1_j4arvf4 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 10:52 AM

Reply to comment by Wyvernrider in 87 newly-discovered galaxies, found using Webb space telescope, could be earliest known galaxies in the universe — the first indication that a lot of galaxies could have formed much earlier than previously thought by marketrent

Unless you're watching in a busy direction (galactic plane, galaxy clusters etc.) Space is mostly empty. The expansion of the universe does not alter the shape of far objects, but changes the redshift and also the scale.

It's very paradoxal, but starting from a certain distance/time in the past, objects start looking bigger in the sky than closer same-sized objects, because the universe was much smaller when its light was emitted. So in practice we should be able to watch the earliest galaxies of the universe.