The Star Earendel (WHL0137-LS)!

The video introduces Earendel, the most distant known star, surpassing Icarus. Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope through gravitational lensing, Earendel is located in the constellation of Satosa. It is a hot blue star with a mass between 50 and 100 times that of the sun and is approximately 28 billion light years away. The James Webb Observatory has revealed that Earendel may be part of a binary or trinary star system. The star has a surface temperature of at least 20,000 Kelvin.

What replaced Icarus as the farthest known star?

• Token

• Aaron Del

• Icarus

• Silmarillion

Which telescope was crucial in discovering Aaron Del?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• James Webb Observatory

• Chandra X-ray Observatory

• Spitzer Space Telescope

How far is Aaron Del from Earth?

• 14 billion light years

• 28 billion light years

• 50 billion light years

• 10 billion light years

What is the estimated mass of Aaron Del compared to the Sun?

• 200 to 300 times

• 50 to 100 times

• 30 to 40 times

• 10 to 20 times

What did the James Webb Observatory reveal about Aaron Del?

• It is closer than previously thought

• It is a single star system

• It is a binary or trinary star system

• It has a surface temperature of 10,000 K