Corey S Powell on Nostr: A natural gravitational lens magnified the far-off universe by up to 500x. Then JWST ...
A natural gravitational lens magnified the far-off universe by up to 500x.
Then JWST zoomed in further and witnessed an amazing scene: clusters of stars forming at a furious rate in a distant baby galaxy, just 3% as old as the Milky Way.
https://esawebb.org/news/weic2418/ #space #science #astronomy #nasa #esa #jwst
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