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Bookmark or Share- WHL0137-LS - WikipediaWHL0137-LS, also known as Earendel, is a star located in the constellation of Cetus. Discovered in 2022 by the Hubble Space Telescope, it is the earliest and most distant known star, at a comoving distance of 28 billion light-years (8.6 billion parsecs).
- Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever SeenAfter studying the galaxy in detail, Welch determined that one feature is an extremely magnified star that he called Earendel, which means “morning star” in Old English. The discovery holds promise for opening up an uncharted era of very early star formation.
- James Webb Space Telescope sees Earendel, most distant star | SpaceThe star, named Earendel, after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" prequel "The Silmarillion," was discovered thanks to gravitational lensing in a Hubble Space...
- Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever DetectedWebb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals the star, nicknamed Earendel, to be a massive B-type star more than twice as hot as our Sun, and about a million times more luminous.
- Webb telescope captures image of most distant star ever seenEarendel is a massive B-type star about 1 million times more luminous than our sun and more than twice as hot. The star is in the Sunrise Arc galaxy and was...
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