Earendel: The most distant star ever observed by Hubble

The Hubble telescope detected Earendel, a star located 12.9 billion light-years away.

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Its observation, enabled by gravitational lensing, dates back to 2022.

This discovery sheds light on the early phases of the Universe after the Big Bang.

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