Astronomers May Have Found the First Generation of Stars After the Big Bang

Astronomers May Have Found the First Generation of Stars After the Big Bang

Thousands of stars. Credit: ESA Astronomers may have taken the closest step yet toward identifying the first stars born after the Big Bang. A new study led by Ari Visbal of the University of Toledo points to a distant galaxy, LAP1-B, as a strong candidate for hosting the universe’s earliest stellar generation, known as Population III stars. These stars have never been observed directly. Scientists believe they were made only of hydrogen and heli…