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Cool Science Radio

Jennifer Wiseman on Hubble's Recent Discovery of the Farthest Star Ever Observed

By Lynn Ware Peek,
John Wells
Published April 7, 2022 at 11:32 AM MDT
Hubble image of Earendel
Science: NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI); Image processing: NASA, ESA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/record-broken-hubble-spots-farthest-star-ever-seen

For this segment of Cool Science Radio, NASA Hubble Senior Project Scientist Jennifer Wiseman. The Hubble Space Telescope has just discovered the farthest individual star ever observed. And just how far is it from earth? 12.9 billion light-years away.

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