Hubble Space Telescope Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen - PCMag AU


3/31/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
by Stephanie Mlot

The record-breaking orb was nicknamed Earendel, or "morning star," by astronauts.

It turns out you can teach old space telescopes new tricks: NASA's Hubble, which launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, recently discovered a record-breaking star so distant it required a combination… [+2328 chars]

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