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. Hosted by: Hank Green For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Jerry Perez, Lazarus G, Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-04/uoc--clh032818.php https://press.nature.com/?post_type=press_release&p=109045 https://press.nature.com/wp-content/uploads/files/2018/03/41550_2018_416_OnlinePDF.pdf https://press.nature.com/wp-content/uploads/files/2018/03/41550_2018_405_OnlinePDF_2.pdf https://press.nature.com/wp-content/uploads/files/2018/03/41550_2018_430_OnlinePDF.pdf https://astrobites.org/2017/07/04/the-farthest-star-ever-seen/ https://www.eso.org/public/usa/news/eso0425/ https://www.ewass.ras.ac.uk/7-is-the-milky-way-getting-bigger http://ewass.kuoni-congress.info/programme/pdf/paperToPdf.php?id=982 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 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12077 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11894 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/x-marks-the-spot-for-milky-way-formation https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/charting-the-milky-way-from-the-inside-out https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Needle_Galaxy_4565.jpeg https://nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/11011 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11437