James Webb has confirmed the discovery of Earendel as the most distant star - it appeared within 1bn years of the Big Bang and shines 1 million times brighter than the Sun

Last spring, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted the star Earendel. Nearly a year and a half later, James Webb confirmed that it is not just on the list of the most distant stars, but is the most distant.

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Between Earendel and our planet is a cluster of galaxies WHL0137-08. It was the cause of the gravitational disturbance and helped scientists to see the star, as its light was amplified more than 4000 times.

Before Earendel was discovered, the oldest star in our Universe was thought to be LS1. It appeared 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. The age of Earendel has yet to be established precisely, but it is believed to have formed during the first billion years of the Universe's existence.

The record-breaking star is located in the Sunrise Arc galaxy. Scientists believe that this discovery will help them find the first stars in the universe that are made up of only helium and hydrogen.

To conclude the topic of Earendel, we note that it belongs to B-type stars. The temperature on the surface of Earendel is twice that of the Sun. In addition, the discovered star is ten times more massive and 1 million times brighter than our luminary.

Source: NASA