Seeing Stars: Juicing up JWST with 5000x Magnification

273 · Meredith Rawls · May 27, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
Daily Paper Summaries AGB stars galaxy clusters gravitational lensing James Webb Space Telescope gravitational lensing astronomy galaxies
Summary
This blog post discusses the fascinating findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when its observations were focused on a distant galaxy that appears magnified 5000 times by gravitational lensing. It highlights the insights gained from observing the previously unseeable parts of the universe due to this magnification effect.
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