21K views · 98 reactions | Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super hot and bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. The previous record-holder, Icarus, formed 9.4 billion years ago. | AP | Facebook

5K views · 67 reactions | How can astronomers see still-forming and young stars when they’re surrounded by gas and dust? 樂 By looking at these regions in a different kind of light than what our eyes can naturally see! The James Webb Space Telescope observes our universe in the infrared, which can “escape” the gas and dust to reveal the dazzling events that are occurring in the cosmos. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. | Space Telescope Science Institute | Facebook