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James Webb Space TelescopeEnglish • 1 year ago

Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever Detected

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Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever Detected

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James Webb Space TelescopeEnglish • 1 year ago

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.

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. Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals the star to be a massive B-type star more than twice as hot as our Sun, and about a million times more luminous.

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