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If you are interested in seeing the visualization of this "morning star," you can find the high-resolution media on the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio page.

: Because it is so ancient, studying Earendel gives scientists a rare window into the "cosmic dawn"—the era when the very first stars were forming from primordial gases. 14125mp4

: The light Hubble captured left the star when the universe was only 7% of its current age. If you are interested in seeing the visualization

The name Earendel comes from an Old English word meaning "morning star" or "rising light." When the Hubble Space Telescope looked toward a massive galaxy cluster named WHL0137-08, it wasn't just looking at stars; it was looking back across of time. A Cosmic Trick of Light it wasn't just looking at stars