The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.

While the extra-galactic stars provided a microlensing effect, large clusters of dark matter provided a macrolensing effect.

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth, and ...

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in December 2021, is the most advanced infrared space telescope ever created, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe. Developed by NASA, ESA, ...

NASA welcomed the new year by releasing a series of 19 gorgeous images of spiral galaxies. Combining data from the JWST’s ...

Astronomers used JWST and gravitational lensing to spot 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away.

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...