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James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped 'dragon' galaxy


Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" galaxy, 6.5 billion light-years from Earth. It is the largest group of individually imaged stars ever seen at such a distance.

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