Hubble telescope uncovers farthest star ever seen

Astronomers have set a new distance record by uncovering the farthest star ever seen.Through a quirk of nature called “gravitational lensing,” it allowed the Hubble telescope to use distant galaxies like a cosmic magnifying glass to see what’s beyond.NASA says the star is so far away, it has taken 9 billion years for its light to reach Earth.They named the star “Icarus,” after the Greek mythological character who flew too close to the Sun on wings made of feathers a