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'Time' reports astronomers have announced that they spotted the farthest individual star ever seen with the James Webb Space Telescope. .
'Time' reports astronomers have announced that they spotted the farthest individual star ever seen with the James Webb Space Telescope. .
Astronomers named the star Earendel after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings.'.
Earendel is located 12.9 billion
light-years away from Earth. .
Nobody’s ever seen a star this highly
magnified, not to mention a galaxy, Dan Coe of the Space Telescope Science Institute
in Maryland, via 'New Scientist'.
Earendel was first spotted
by the Hubble Space
Telescope in March. .
Webb's next task will be to help
determine what elements make up
Earendel and the galaxy in which it resides.
Webb also captured images
of the distant Cartwheel Galaxy. .
According to 'Time,' NASA hopes the images can shed light on how stars form and help to understand the black hole at the center of the Cartwheel Galaxy.
Astronomers already know that the galaxy's
unique shape was caused by a high-speed
collision between two galaxies.
Astronomers already know that the galaxy's
unique shape was caused by a high-speed
collision between two galaxies.
'Time' reports that these latest images are more indication
that the brand new $10 billion telescope will help
unravel some of the mysteries of our universe. .
'Time' reports that these latest images are more indication
that the brand new $10 billion telescope will help
unravel some of the mysteries of our universe.