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Astronomers find the strongest evidence yet for the universe's first stars

For decades, astronomers were only able to study the universe's very first stars using theoretical models. Now, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed what may be the most compelling evidence to date for these ancient "Population III" stars, finding them clustered arou...

Astronomers find the strongest evidence yet for the universe's first stars
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For decades, astronomers were only able to study the universe's very first stars using theoretical models. Now, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed what may be the most compelling evidence to date for these ancient "Population III" stars, finding them clustered around a small companion object that formed just 400 million years after the Big Bang.

Originally published at Phys.org

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