For first time, Webb telescope discovers an alien planet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Not alone, though not "af"

In a similar vein, modern lazy thinking english is to use "less" everywhere, including those situations where "fewer" is appropriate. Likewise "amount" where "number" is appropriate.

Lazy thinking english:
There were less people at the meeting.
There was a large amount of people succeeding.

Thoughtful english:
There were fewer people at the meeting.
There was a large number of people succeeding.
There were many people succeeding.
There were many more people succeeding this year.

People are countable so "fewer", "number", and "many" apply. Matter is uncountable though measurable, so "less", "amount", and "much" apply.

The apple had less mass than the watermelon.
The amount of sand was the same as the amount of sugar.
There was much more oil than vinegar.