How far is the most distant star from the earth?

There are many stars millions of light years from the Earth located in distant galaxies. So far away, it is difficult to measure precise distances or resolve individual stars. read more

With an estimated light-travel distance of about 13.4 billion light-years (and a proper distance of approximately 32 billion light-years (9.8 billion parsecs) from Earth due to the Universe's expansion since the light we now observe left it about 13.4 billion years ago), astronomers announced it as the most distant astronomical galaxy known. read more

The distant star is a compact source illustriously named SDSS J122952.66+112227.8, a bright bluish blob in the clumpy, 55,000-light-year-long gas tail of the galaxy IC 3418. read more