The Oldest Starlight
What if some of JWST’s most extreme high-redshift galaxy candidates aren’t galaxies at all, but the explosive deaths of the very first stars?
What if some of JWST’s most extreme high-redshift galaxy candidates aren’t galaxies at all, but the explosive deaths of the very first stars?
A tiny galaxy, barely metal-enriched, is packed with massive stars. Could it hold clues to the universe’s first stars?
We thought we finally found a direct descendant of the first stars. A follow-up observation showed that it PISN’t.
One of JWST’s aims is to find the very first stars in the Universe – but is it up to the task?
We may or may not be able to observe the first stars directly, but today’s authors show that’s not the only way to learn about them!
What do mythology, Tolkien, and astrophysics have in common?