{"id":21916,"date":"2023-08-11T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/most-distant-star-ever-detected-seen-by-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:17:13","slug":"most-distant-star-ever-detected-seen-by-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/most-distant-star-ever-detected-seen-by-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Most distant star ever detected seen by NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earendel was first discovered last year by the Hubble Space Telescope. The star is located so far away that its light has taken 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, appearing to us as it did when the universe was just 7 percent of its current age. \u201cThe smallest objects previously seen at such a great distance are clusters of stars, embedded inside early galaxies,\u201d says NASA.<\/p>\n

Because the universe is expanding incredibly fast, the star\u2019s distance is now believed to be over 28 billion light-years from Earth.<\/p>\n

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NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope detects Earendel, the most distant known star in the universe.
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Hubble was able to find Earendel thanks to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.<\/p>\n