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Looking Skyward: Is this the farthest star ever seen?

CAI | By John Basile
Published April 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM EDT
The lensed star Earendel is at least 50 times the mass of our Sun and millions of times as bright, rivaling the most massive stars known.
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The lensed star Earendel is at least 50 times the mass of our Sun and millions of times as bright, rivaling the most massive stars known. T

CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the observation of what is likely the farthest star ever seen.

NASA says a fortunate cosmic alignment has revealed a single source of light in the first billion years after the big bang.
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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