Webb Find Hidden Stars Making Early Galaxies Far More Massive than Thought

These Webb images show massive galaxies studied by Cheng et al. Image credit: Chloe Cheng.

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a surprisingly large population of faint, low-mass stars in distant galaxies, suggesting some of the early Universe’s biggest galaxies may contain up to four times more stellar mass than previously estimated.

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