Uppsala researchers on historical discovery: "A big day"

This is the most distant observation of a star ever made from the early universe.

The star has been named Earendel and is from a time only 900 million years after the birth of the universe, "big bang".

- It is a big day in the community and this interests many people.

We have broken a record by a large margin and pushed the limit far to how distant objects we have managed to observe, says Anton Vikaeus, doctoral student at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University.

The discovery was made using the Hubble Telescope and the results were published in the scientific journal Nature.

Erik Zackrisson, who works at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University, is also involved in international space cooperation.

- It is several years of work behind this discovery.

We want to know more about the temperature and size of the star and will make detailed observations, says Anton Vikaeus.

In the clip: Hear what the historical discovery can lead to.