Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...
Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...
The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...
Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...
The galaxy Dragon Arc was observed along the line of sight to the galaxy cluster Abell 370, which acts as a cosmic magnifying glass.
A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope identified over 40 stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away, thanks to ...
Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal 44 stars in a galaxy so far away, its light dates to when the universe was half its age.
Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...
Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its ...