NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...
Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...
"I never dreamed of Webb seeing them in such large numbers." ...
The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...
"Beyond the Milky Way lie billions of other galaxies, drifting a few million ... among the most productive in the history of astronomy, would supply both. A way of using variable stars—stars ...
Stunning new photographs by a team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably ... is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Wellesley, and a 2013 ...
A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.
The galaxy is accompanied by two smaller neighbouring ... which have significantly contributed to building the foundation for astronomy education and research at IUB." IUB has the only research ...