Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found the most distant star ever discovered. The hot blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery provides new insight into the formation and evolution of stars in the early Universe, the constituents of galaxy clusters and also on the nature of dark matter.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1807/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
2 April 2018
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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 ...
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