# JWST tracks more than 100 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy

Source: [Space News - Space, Astronomy, Space Exploration](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-jwst-tracks-magnified-stellar-events.html) · 2026-11-08 · Space
Page: https://themorning.science/story/jwst-tracks-more-than-100-magnified-stellar-events-in-the-dragon-galaxy-4c8417bb19ef177a
Kind: research · Impact: medium

## In brief

- JWST identified 104 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy, about 6.5 billion light-years away.
- The count more than doubles the previous record of 44 detections in the same galaxy.
- The findings come from a team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope.

## Why it matters

The detections extend gravitational microlensing studies of distant stars, giving astronomers a much larger sample of magnified stellar events in a single distant galaxy.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-08: JWST magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy reported

## Coverage

- [JWST tracks more than 100 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-jwst-tracks-magnified-stellar-events.html) — Space News - Space, Astronomy, Space Exploration, 2026-11-08

Tags: james-webb-space-telescope, astronomy, gravitational-lensing, microlensing, galaxies

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