Working hard on a new and exciting site

Meanwhile be awed by the majesty of Earendel (WHL0137-LS), the farthest star detected so far.

Coincidentally [or not?], Earendel is located in the constellation of Cetus, which tells something about the author of this site.

Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA; Johns Hopkins University), B. Welch (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; University of Maryland, College Park). Image processing: Z. Levay.

Earendel explained by Dr. Becky Smethurst