Hubble Space Telescope spies Earendel in furthest ever look back in time - The Times

Astronomers have looked further back in time than ever before to glimpse a star as it looked 12.9 billion years ago — a discovery made possible by the Hubble Space Telescope and an extraordinary wrinkle in the fabric of space.Earendel — an Old English term for

Astronomers have looked further back in time than ever before to glimpse a star as it looked 12.9 billion years ago a discovery made possible by the Hubble Space Telescope and an extraordinary wrinkl… [+463 chars]

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