{"id":425547,"date":"2022-03-31T19:49:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-image-from-nasa-reveals-the-most-distant-star-ever-detected\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:49:48","slug":"new-image-from-nasa-reveals-the-most-distant-star-ever-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-image-from-nasa-reveals-the-most-distant-star-ever-detected\/","title":{"rendered":"#New image from NASA reveals the most distant star ever detected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27878d77b6b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27878d77b6b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-image-from-nasa-reveals-the-most-distant-star-ever-detected\/#%E2%80%9CNew_image_from_NASA_reveals_the_most_distant_star_ever_detected%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New image from NASA reveals the most distant star ever detected&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_image_from_NASA_reveals_the_most_distant_star_ever_detected%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New image from NASA reveals the most distant star ever detected&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA revealed the most distant star ever observed in a new image that may help scientists better understand our universe.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the US space agency shared a photo of a star dubbed WHL0137-LS \u2013 the image is proof of the farthest detection of a star yet.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have nicknamed the star \u201cEarendel\u201d, which means \u201cmorning star\u201d or \u201crising light\u201d in old English.<\/p>\n<p>The star was captured by NASA\u2019s Hubble telescope, which launched in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Located 28 billion light-years away, the star is situated within just 900 million years of the Big Bang, according to a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=34784X1601670&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41586-022-04449-y&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-sun.com%2Ftech%2F5014285%2Fimage-nasa-distant-star%2F&amp;xcust=xid:fr1648744521294cec\">new paper in the journal\u00a0Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study also suggests that Earendel could be between 50 to 500 times more massive than our sun, and millions of times more luminescent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its brightness, a full 12.8 billion years has passed before the star\u2019s light reached the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more: Earendel is 8.2 billion years older than the Sun and Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the light that we see from Earendel was emitted, the Universe was less than a billion years old; only 6% of its current age,\u201d said study co-author Victoria Strait, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time it was 4 billion lightyears away from the proto-Milky Way, but during the almost 13 billion years it took the light to reach us, the Universe has expanded so that it is now a staggering 28 billion lightyears away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This observation of Earendel was made possible due to \u201cgravitational lensing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The technical term was coined by Albert Einstein and describes when closer objects act as a magnifying glass for distant objects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGravity essentially warps and magnifies the light of distant background galaxies,\u201d CNN explained in a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/30\/world\/hubble-distant-star-image-scn\/index.html\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally at these distances, entire galaxies look like small smudges, with the light from millions of stars blending together,\u201d said lead author Brian Welch, an astronomer at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe galaxy hosting this star has been magnified and distorted by gravitational lensing into a long crescent that we named the Sunrise Arc.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hubble_earendel_annotated-copy-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Earendel was identified because of gravitational lensing.\" class=\"wp-image-21731098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hubble_earendel_annotated-copy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hubble_earendel_annotated-copy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hubble_earendel_annotated-copy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Earendel was identified because of gravitational lensing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To confirm their findings, the team will use NASA\u2019s recently launched James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith James Webb, we will be able to confirm that Earendel is indeed just one star, and at the same time quantify which type of star it is,\u201d said study co-author Sune Toft, leader of the Cosmic Dawn Center and professor at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWebb will even allow us to measure its chemical composition. Potentially, Earendel could be the first known example of the Universe\u2019s earliest generation of stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts say this discovery may shed light on the origins of the universe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we peer into the cosmos, we also look back in time, so these extreme high-resolution observations allow us to understand the building blocks of some of the very first galaxies,\u201d Strait said.<\/p>\n<p>Earendel distance from Earth beats out the previous record-holder, a star nicknamed Icarus.<\/p>\n<p>That star was observed as it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared 9.4 billion years ago, which is 3.4 billion years more recent than the new record-holder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5014285\/image-nasa-distant-star\/\">The Sun<\/a> and was reproduced here with permission. <\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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