Astronomers hope to soon spot the
universe’s earliest stellar inhabitants
Earendel, the current record holder for most distant star ever seen, is circled in this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The star is contained within the Sunrise Arc, a magnified and distorted galaxy from the early universe. ｜NASA, ESA, CSA; Science: Dan Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA, JHU), Brian Welch (NASA-GSFC, UMD); Image Processing: Zoltan Levay
