Intermediate objects can act as gravitational lenses. So we lose some observations, but gain some galactic scale lenses to look through. https://www.nasa.gov/u

Intermediate objects can act as gravitational lenses. So we lose some observations, but gain some galactic scale lenses to look through. https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-reveals-colors-of-earendel-most-distant-star-ever-detected/ https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-reveals-colors-of-earende...