The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered an unexpected twist in the case of Earendel, the most distant star ever discovered. Previously believed to be a singular, massive star located 12.9 billion light-years away, Earendel’s true nature is now under scrutiny. A recent study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, suggests that Earendel may not be a single star at …
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Back in 2022, the Hubble space telescope appeared to have found the most distant star ever discovered. Named Earendel – morning or rising star in old English – a new paper suggests it might not be what we thought. Earendel was spotted by Hubble due to a fortunate case of gravitational lensing, where light from a distant source has its …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI The most distant star ever discovered may have been misclassified: Instead of being a single star, the object — nicknamed Earendel from the Old English word for “morning star” — may be a star cluster, a group of stars that are …
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The most distant star ever discovered may have been misclassified: Instead of being a single star, the object — nicknamed Earendel from the Old English word for “morning star” — may be a star cluster, a group of stars that are bound together by gravity and formed from the same cloud of gas and dust, new research suggests. Discovered by …
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