Record-Breaking View: Webb Uses Physics Trick to Spot 44 Distant Stars in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new milestone in stellar astronomy.
James Webb Space Telescope spots record-breaking collection of stars in far-flung galaxy
"I never dreamed of Webb seeing them in such large numbers."
James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped 'dragon' galaxy
Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" galaxy, 6.5 billion light-years from Earth. It is the largest group of individually imaged stars ever seen at such a distance.
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here's what the James Webb Telescope has found in just 3 years
On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space.
Webb telescope spots record number of stars in distant galaxy
A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Makes History by Discovering 44 Stars in a Galaxy Billions of Light-Years Away
The cosmos is full of secrets waiting to be uncovered, and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal them in breathtaking detail. In a monumental achievement, astronomers have used JWST to detect 44 individual stars in a galaxy located 6.
Field-level inference: Unlocking the full potential of galaxy maps to explore new physics
Galaxies are not islands in the cosmos. While globally the universe expands—driven by the mysterious "dark energy"—locally, ...
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Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study reveals
New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...
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James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...
How astronomers used gravitational lensing to discover 44 new stars in distant galaxy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...
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When everything in the universe changed
The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...
Bright Galaxies of the Early Universe Defy Expectations, Sending Astronomers Back to the Drawing Board
New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing ...
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Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?
According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent ...