ann1803 — Announcement

Hubblecast 108: Hubble finds most distant star

2 April 2018

Astronomers have used Hubble to make an incredible discovery — they have observed the most distant star ever seen. The bright blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This incredible distant star allows astronomers to learn more about the formation and evolution of stars in the early Universe.

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Mathias Jäger
ESA/Hubble, Public Information Officer
Garching bei München, Germany
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Email: mjaeger@partner.eso.org