Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe was only half as old as it is now. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Tel

An international team of astronomers has detected over 40 individual stars in a galaxy located 6.5 billion light-years away. The discovery of more than 40 stars in a single galaxy is unprecedented, as prior observations typically revealed only one or two such stars per galaxy.