Hubble Space Telescope spots the farthest star ever seen thanks to quirk of nature

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted the most distant star ever studied thanks to some cosmic luck.

The star, named Lensed Star 1 (LS1 for short), was born about 9 billion years ago and is thought to be a huge, blue star with a surface temperature ranging from 11,000 degrees Celsius to 14,000 degrees Celsius. This makes the star more than twice as hot as our sun, NASA said in a statement.

Under normal circumstances we wouldn't be able to see LS1 using even the most advanced tools, but thanks to a coincidence and some convenient physics, the Hubble was able to observe the distant object. Read more...

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