The vast universe of stars, during the exploration, is full of mysteries. The team of astronomers announced on the 30th that the Hubble Space Telescope has observed the most distant star in history, 28 billion light-years away from the earth.
“The star we’re looking at is 12.8 billion years ago, which means it was born regarding 900 million years following the Big Bang,” said Johns Hopkins astronomer Wilshere.
Surprisingly found, published in the “Nature” journal. This farthest star is named by astronomers in Old English, which means “morning star”. It belongs to the first stars formed following the Big Bang. When it was born, it was 4 billion light-years away from the original Milky Way, but the light traveled for 12.8 billion years. , the universe is expanding, so when the light reaches Earth, the “morning star” is far away.
“The star is at least 50 times more massive than the sun, so it’s a very large, very large star, but it’s not unheard of in the universe to be so large,” said Johns Hopkins astronomer Welch.
This star is not only huge, but also millions of times brighter than the sun. The discovery of “Morning Star” will help astronomers study the state of the universe in its early days. The previous Hubble telescope, the most distant star observed in 2018, was born regarding 4 billion years following the Big Bang.
“I kind of hope that this[the most distant star record]won’t last for too long and I’m looking forward to finding objects that are farther away,” said Johns Hopkins astronomer Welch.
Immediately followingwards, astronomers plan to use Hubble’s successor telescope, the Webb space telescope with more powerful functions, to do follow-up observations, hoping to know the actual age and exact mass of the star.
(FTV News/Lianxin Comprehensive Report)