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JWST Tracks More than 100 Magnified Stellar Events in the Dragon Galaxy

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers identified 104 magnified stellar events in a galaxy known as the Dragon, located around 6.5 billion light-years away. This discovery more than doubles the previous record of 44 such detections in the same galaxy. Because these kinds of events reveal some of the most luminous stars and likely the presence of dark matter, this study offers a rare look at the galaxy's stellar popula…

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The James Webb detects 104 magnified star events in the Dragon galaxy, at 6.5 billion light years, more than double the previous record. La entrada James Webb beats the record of magnified stars in the Dragon galaxy: 104 versus 44 aparece primero en Merca2.

Cosmic magnifying glass: In a galaxy about 6.5 billion light-years away, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 104 short-term brightenings, probably from extremely enlarged stars. The previous record in the same galaxy was 44 events. The new sample reveals more about the brightest stars and could help to investigate the distribution of dark matter more closely. Santander [...] The article James Webb discovered 104 star brightenings in di…

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers identified 104 enlarged star events in a galaxy known as Dragon, located about 6.5 billion light years away. This discovery more than doubles the previous record of 44 such detections in the same galaxy. Because this type [...]

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