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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

You’re fucking with me, right?

Stars were visible that shouldn’t have been visible?

What am I missing?

[–] neryam@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Stars that were behind the sun (within the radius of the sun, geometrically speaking) were visible due to gravitational lensing

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oh ok. That messed me all up.

I’ll have to look into that.

[–] AssholeDestroyer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The James Web Space Telescope's Instagram page posted the phenomenon recently. Gravity from nearby galaxies magnifies space near them, allowing the telescope to see incredibly far away galaxies.

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