AdvertisementThe light from this star that astronomers just spotted is 12.9 billion years oldPlay02:37Download AudioMarch 30, 2022Nell GreenfieldboycefacebookEmailThe Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the farthest star ever seen. The magnified galaxy looks like a stretched out red line with three dots. The single star is the middle one. (NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI))