Can black holes light up the high redshift Universe?
…and as a follow up, could they be a candidate for dark matter?
In the stellar kitchen: how mixing radiation and magnetic fields leads to smaller Population III stars
Today’s bite considers what ingredients you need when simulating the births of the earliest stars in the universe.
The search for the first stars to light up the Universe
One of JWST’s aims is to find the very first stars in the Universe – but is it up to the task?
Twinkle, twinkle, highest redshift star; how we wonder what you are!
What do mythology, Tolkien, and astrophysics have in common?
Bright Line that Goes a Long Way
The biggest and the brightest Lyα nebula is discovered! What can we learn from this giant?
What did the first collections of stars look like?
Simulations of the first groups of stars display a variety of shapes and sizes, and may provide clues as to where their ancestors are hiding today