Webb Spots Gravitationally Magnified Stars 6.5 Billion Light-Years Away

Jan 7, 2025 - 09:15
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Webb Spots Gravitationally Magnified Stars 6.5 Billion Light-Years Away
In this Hubble image of Abell 370, the host galaxy where the 44 stars were discovered appears several times. Image credit: NASA.

Using James Webb Space Telescope observations, astronomers have identified more than 40 microlensed stars in a single galaxy behind the galaxy cluster Abell 370 at redshift of 0.725 (dubbed the Dragon arc) when the Universe was half of its current age.

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