Foreign media CNET released news today, saying that NASA, ESA and ESA used the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph 5 billion light-years of stars, breaking the most distant stars observed by humans Distance record. The official name of this star is 'MACS J1149 + 2223 Lensed Star 1', but astronomers call it 'Icarus'.
▲ 'Icarus' Galaxy Cluster
Due to the use of gravitational lenses, the Hubble Space Telescope can observe remote galaxy clusters as distant cosmic magnifiers. Astronomers say that the light of the 'Icarus' galaxy cluster needs 9 billion years to reach Earth. An international research team on Monday Astronomy magazine published their research results.
Astronomers also said that they will continue to use gravitational lenses to observe more distant galaxies in the future.
Author: White Cat
