NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing image of the distant star in our universe.
Earendel is a star that’s a staggering 28 billion light-years away from Earth.
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According to Nasa one light year is approximately six trillion miles.
The name of the extremely distant star is based on a J.R.R. character. Tolkien’s book The Silmarillion and may have exploded into a supernova after a few million years of existence.
It is said to be between 50 and 100 times bigger than the Sun.
Although the James Webb Space Telescope saw the star in April, astronomers just shared the first images.
The Astronomers who observe the Cosmic Spring tweeted: “We’re excited to share the first JWST image of Earendel, the most distant star known in our universe, lensed and magnified by a massive galaxy cluster.”
Excitedly adding: “There she is!!”
Earendel observation could be used to help scientists understand the origins of early stars and the early days in the universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope will give us unprecedented views of our universe and technically can look back in time.
What will the James Webb Space Telescope’s view back in time look like?
Webb is the most powerful and complex telescope of its type, with many sophisticated tools.
It seeks to discover the secrets of the universe by peering at the faint light from early stars and galaxies that were created after the Big Bang, which took place approximately 250 million years ago.
The kit can see through dense dust clouds on distant planets.
Although this may help us to move on to the next stage of our lives, experts doubt we’ll find aliens there.
The James Webb telescope’s “time-travelling” aspect is all about how long it takes for light to travel through space.
Because light takes so long to travel, we can look back at the time when the Big Bang occurred and see how stars and planets formed.
The light reaching James Webb’s space telescope may have traveled millions miles from a star no longer existing.
The universe’s beginning will be visible if we use the telescope far enough to see it.
Scientists predict that it will be impossible for some parts to be seen in the universe.
This is because some light sources are always moving away from us, and the universe is expanding.
It is possible that no light will ever reach the James Webb Space Telescope.