Hubble Space Telescope image comparison showing the appearance of Icarus, a potentially record-breaking distant star, between 2011 and 2016. The left panel shows a galaxy cluster; the right panels show close-ups highlighting a new light source (Icarus) that may be a star magnified by gravitational lensing, appearing much brighter than it would without the lensing effect. The source's location is marked by an arrow in each close-up.

Astronomy Picture from 11/04/2018

Fortuitous Flash Candidate for the Farthest Star Yet Seen

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180411.html


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