Latest James Webb Telescope , Images Shed Light on , the History of Stars.<br />'Time' reports astronomers have announced that they spotted the farthest individual star ever seen with the James Webb Space Telescope. .<br />'Time' reports astronomers have announced that they spotted the farthest individual star ever seen with the James Webb Space Telescope. .<br />Astronomers named the star Earendel after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings.'.<br />Earendel is located 12.9 billion <br />light-years away from Earth. .<br />Nobody’s ever seen a star this highly <br />magnified, not to mention a galaxy, Dan Coe of the Space Telescope Science Institute <br />in Maryland, via 'New Scientist'.<br />Earendel was first spotted <br />by the Hubble Space <br />Telescope in March. .<br />Webb's next task will be to help <br />determine what elements make up <br />Earendel and the galaxy in which it resides.<br />Webb also captured images <br />of the distant Cartwheel Galaxy. .<br />According to 'Time,' NASA hopes the images can shed light on how stars form and help to understand the black hole at the center of the Cartwheel Galaxy.<br />Astronomers already know that the galaxy's <br />unique shape was caused by a high-speed <br />collision between two galaxies.<br />Astronomers already know that the galaxy's <br />unique shape was caused by a high-speed <br />collision between two galaxies.<br />'Time' reports that these latest images are more indication <br />that the brand new $10 billion telescope will help <br />unravel some of the mysteries of our universe. .<br />'Time' reports that these latest images are more indication <br />that the brand new $10 billion telescope will help <br />unravel some of the mysteries of our universe.
