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BY ALIZA CHASAN
AUGUST 9, 2023 / 5:57 PM / CBS NEWS
The farthest star ever detected, located behind what NASA describes as “a wrinkle in space-time,” is more than twice as hot as the sun and about a million times more luminous.
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about the star, dubbed Earendel, which was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope last year. Earendel, part of the Sunrise Arc galaxy, is only detectable because the galaxy cluster is so massive that it warps the fabric of space, producing a magnifying effect that astronomers can look through, according to NASA. In the months since Earendel’s discovery, Webb has spotted other very distant stars, though none as far away as Earendel.