Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe’s birth in the big bang—the farthest individual star ever seen to date.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer

Music Credits:
“Beautiful Planet” by Andreas Andreas Bolldén [STIM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.



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[voxelemur]

JW is gonna break that record in less than a year I would assume haha

[Brian-zoll]

Wow! Hubble is still doin it after all these years.

[skoomamuch]

would be a good candidate for James Webb space telescope

[robertfletcher]

Ēarendel, what a beautiful name for this wonderful star

[Bg]

Hubble never disappoint us.... even at its last cycle😢
Great hubblee :)

[-jeff-]

A record that only took 12 billion years for us to notice it.

[thalytapaixao]

Hubble não para de nos surpreender! Só fico imaginando do que o JWST será capaz!

[knur]

Well done NASA. Hubble really did help you guys with space exploration

[josegarcia]

i hope NASA actually explores space one day. instead of competing with go pro and Nikon.

[ridethecurve]

VERY Kewl! And its name is Perfect! Well Done, my old friend, Hubble.

[UlrichVIII]

i'm gonna call that star Eärendil

[SolaceEasy]

A quick mention of how it is possible to distinguish a star from a galaxy by its spectrum might have been helpful.

[sub-zero-]

yooo I was thinking of a star named ‘Morning Star’
guess it came true

[MisterItchy]

James Webb is gonna do better than that and just call it a Tuesday.

[srinitaaigaura]

Hubble is that gift that never stops giving. I hope Spacex uses that docking ring to keep it going for years to come!

[MrSidMan]

James Web Space Telescope:
Hold my sun shield.

[arwinmathias]

Wow.. how do we know it is a star? And not a quasar? Is it through its spectrum?

[jakemoeller]

Hubble is such an amazing workhorse! 💛👍💛👍💛

[tharsgaard]

Please watch this at 0.25 speed, then thank me later !!!

[elisedoyle]

Fantastic... Very interesting thanks 🌹