I love when people far, far, far more intelligent than me are confounded. Like these astrophysicists who have found the “oldest galaxy ever”, with an age “only” half a billion years younger than the Universe itself. And for reasons over my head, AstroLords say this galaxy shouldn’t exist. But it does! Ha! This isn’t schadenfreude, this glee of mine. Rather, my enjoyment of these folks befuddlement is derived from a desire to see the Universe continue to confound. Defy. Be mysterious.

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