Furthest star ever seen offers glimpse 12.8 billion years into past

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Hubble spots the farthest star ever seen. Located some 28 billion light-years away (thanks to the expanding universe), this 12.9-billion-year-old star, named Earendel, is between 50 and 500 times as massive as the Sun — and millions of times as bright.