http://www.newsweek.com/most-distant-space-objects-ever-spotted-farthest-galaxy-found-hd1-star-quasar-telescope-1696317

It's been an impressive year for astronomy so far as scientists have broken records for the most distant star and the most distant galaxy ever discovered.

The distant objects were spotted even without the help of the groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope, which is gearing up for its first scientific observations later this year, potentially enabling us to comb parts of the universe more distant than ever before.