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"James Webb Telescope's Historic Image: Farthest Star Ever Detected Revealed"
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"James Webb Telescope's Historic Image: Farthest Star Ever Detected Revealed"

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image revealing the colors of Earendel, the farthest star ever detected. Earendel, located 28 billion light-years away from Earth, appears as a reddish dot within the Sunrise Arc galaxy. The star is twice as hot as the sun and is believed to have a companion star. Webb's powerful infrared vision also revealed new star clusters and star-forming regions within the Sunrise Arc. Scientists hope to eventually detect a star from the very first generation of stars in the universe.