Reply to post: Re: I'm confused..............

No chance of flying too close to this: Icarus, the most distant star seen, is 9bn light years away

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Re: I'm confused..............

"can see what Icarus looked like when the universe was"

13.1 billion years - 9 billion years - 4.1 billion years old.

We see what the star looked like 9 billion years ago and also what the universe looked like 4.1 billion years old (the star would have a short lifespan, so I've no idea how old it was 9 billion years ago :P ).

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