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This artist’s impression shows a field of Population III stars as they would have appeared a mere 100 million years after the Big Bang. Image credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / Spaceengine.

Astronomers May Have Spotted Traces of Material from Explosion of First-Generation Star

Sep 28, 2022 by News Staff

The very first stars likely formed when the Universe was only 100 million years old. Known as Population III stars, these stellar objects were so massive...