Hubble Gives Scientists Glimpse Of Star 28B Light Years Away
The Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a look at a star 28 billion light years away — and up to 500 times bigger than the sun.
The celestial body, nicknamed Earendel, is the most distant star ever seen by scientists, researchers say.
It’s believed to have formed more than 900 million years ago after the Big Bang, researchers write in Wednesday’s edition of Nature.
The discovery breaks the previous distance record, which was set in 2018 when the Hubble detected a star that was 12.9 billion light years away, researchers say.
Hubble Space Telescope spots most distant single star ever seen https://t.co/YpH7tOU2B1 pic.twitter.com/8VK9nvmnH8
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