{"id":146910,"date":"2022-09-24T01:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/jwst-observes-earendel-the-most-distant-star-known-12-8-billion-ly-away-night-sky-news-sep-22"},"modified":"2022-09-24T01:24:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:24:42","slug":"jwst-observes-earendel-the-most-distant-star-known-12-8-billion-ly-away-night-sky-news-sep-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/jwst-observes-earendel-the-most-distant-star-known-12-8-billion-ly-away-night-sky-news-sep-22","title":{"rendered":"JWST observes Earendel \u2014 the most distant star known \u2014 12.8 billion ly away | Night Sky News Sep \u201822"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JWST observes Earendel - the most distant star known - 12.8 billion ly away | Night Sky News Sep &#039;22\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZXbtBrbk3co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For Physics &amp; Chemistry experiments for kids delivered to your door head to <a href=\"https:\/\/melscience.com\/sBIs\/\">https:\/\/melscience.com\/sBIs\/<\/a> and use promo code DRBECKY50 for 50% off the first month of any subscription (valid until 22nd October 2022).<\/p>\n<p>To find out whether you can see the partial solar eclipse on 25th October 2022 put in your location here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/map\/2022-october-25\">https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/map\/2022-october-25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To watch the next launch attempt for Artemis live at 6pm EST on Tuesday 27th September head to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\">@NASA<\/a> \u2018s YouTube channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CMLD0Lp0JBg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CMLD0Lp0JBg<\/a>.<br \/> To watch the DART mission impact live on Monday 26th September 2022 head to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\">@NASA<\/a> \u2018s YouTube channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4RA8Tfa6Sck\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4RA8Tfa6Sck<\/a>.<br \/> My previous video on the DART mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZBhTtaTGhao\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZBhTtaTGhao<\/a>.<br \/> My previous video on whether aliens exist (inc. Drake equation): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fihVzPl7Dys\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fihVzPl7Dys<\/a>.<br \/> My previous Night Sky News debunking these JWST Big Bang Theory claims: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fqfap3v0xxw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fqfap3v0xxw<\/a>.<br \/> My previous video chatting with Dr. Libby Jones about being in control of JWST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UPO8pw8r7ak\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UPO8pw8r7ak<\/a>.<br \/> My previous video on the discovery of the star Earendel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VChgsXbIgdw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VChgsXbIgdw<\/a>.<br \/> Welch et al. (2022; Earendel imaged with JWST \u2014 not peer reviewed) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.09007.pdf\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.09007.pdf<\/a>.<br \/> Welch et al. (2022; Earendel discovered with HST \u2014 behind pay wall) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-04449-y\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-04449-y<\/a>.<br \/> Carter et al. (2022; JWST direct image exoplanet HIP 65426b \u2014 not peer reviewed) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.14990.pdf\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.14990.pdf<\/a>.<br \/> El Baldry et al. (2022; a black hole orbiting a Sun-like star \u2014 not peer reviewed) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2209.06833.pdf\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2209.06833.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PDRs4ALL project (that imaged the Orion nebula with JWST) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pdrs4all.org\/\">https:\/\/pdrs4all.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2014 Introduction.<br \/> 00:40 \u2014 Fireball meteor across Ireland &amp; Scotland.<br \/> 01:35 \u2014 Draconids &amp; Orionids Meteor Shower.<br \/> 03:05 \u2014 Mars, Jupiter &amp; Saturn visible right now.<br \/> 03:39 \u2014 Jupiter at Opposition 26th September.<br \/> 04:27 \u2014 Partial Solar Eclipse 25th October 2022<br \/> 06:13 \u2014 Artemis launch rescheduled.<br \/> 07:08 \u2014 DART mission asteroid impact imminent.<br \/> 07:48 \u2014 RIP Frank Drake 1930\u20132022<br \/> 08:25 \u2014 JWST misinformation AGAIN<br \/> 09:39 \u2014 JWST confirms Earendel is a star (or binary star system)<br \/> 13:31 \u2014 JWST\u2019s first direct image of an exoplanet HIP 65426b explained.<br \/> 17:07 \u2014 JWST observes Orion nebula.<br \/> 19:39 \u2014 New candidate for closest black hole (its orbiting a Sun-like star too!)<br \/> 23:59 \u2014 Outro.<br \/> 24:26 \u2014 MEL science.<br \/> 26:17 \u2014 Bloopers.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda My new book, \u201cA Brief History of Black Holes\u201d, out NOW in hardback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!) Note, USA &amp; Canada hardback out 1st November 2022: <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/DrBecky.\">http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/DrBecky.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/jwst-observes-earendel-the-most-distant-star-known-12-8-billion-ly-away-night-sky-news-sep-22\">Continue reading \u201cJWST observes Earendel \u2014 the most distant star known \u2014 12.8 billion ly away | Night Sky News Sep \u201822\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Physics &amp; Chemistry experiments for kids delivered to your door head to https:\/\/melscience.com\/sBIs\/ and use promo code DRBECKY50 for 50% off the first month of any subscription (valid until 22nd October 2022). 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