's Hubble space telescope has been used to detect an enormous star dating back 12.9 billion years, making it the oldest ever seen by astronomers.The light from this star was produced when the universe was 900 million years old, creating an 'extraordinary new benchmark' in our understanding of the evolution of the universe, and the first stars to form after the Big Bang.A team from the Max Planck Institute in , was able to detect the very faint light from the star, named Earendel, due to a cluster of galaxies sitting between it and Earth, creating a powerful natural magnifying glass for objects sat behind.
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