NASA’s Hubble Spots Oldest, Most Distant Star Ever Seen

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Astronomers have discovered the farthest and oldest star ever seen, named Earendel. It shone about 900 million years after the Big Bang, and is estimated to be at least 50 times the mass of the Sun. Icarus, another blue supergiant star discovered by Hubble, held the previous record.

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