Astronomers have identified a star 9 billion light years from Earth – the farthest individual star ever seen.

Usually is it impossible to make out stars at distances greater than around 100 million light years, even using the most powerful telescopes.

This achievement was made possible due to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.

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