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TIL the most distant individual star ever observed is 𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 light years away from Earth. It's called 𝗜𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 and it was detected through 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.

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