Meet Icarus: The Farthest Star We've Ever Seen

We’ve seen a distant star from another galaxy far, far away, and the Milky Way is growing, thanks to baby stars born in the outer edge of our galaxy’s disk.

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Sources:

https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-04/uoc--clh032818.php
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Images:

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20267
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20242
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/hubble-uncovers-the-farthest-star-ever-seen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Treasures3.jpg
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11894
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https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/charting-the-milky-way-from-the-inside-out
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Needle_Galaxy_4565.jpeg
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