The light of Earendel, our most beloved star ⭐
Discovered by @NASAHubble, Earendel is the farthest star ever detected. Webb’s fresh look reveals it to be a massive B-type star more than twice as hot and about a million times more luminous than our Sun: https://go.nasa.gov/3Os44aC
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Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever Detected
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has followed up on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of the farthest star ever detected in the very distant universe, within the first billion years after the big bang.Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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Earendil was a mariner
That tarried in Arvernien
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The Flammifer of Westernesse