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The 1st Generation of Stars

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-into-the-past dept.

Andy_Howell writes "Astronomers may have found members of the first generation of stars in the universe. Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck I telescope, they observed a faint red blob that had been magnified into a double image by a gravitational lens. The blob was found to be a cluster of stars 13.6 billion light years away, seen when the age of the universe was less than a billion years old. The clump appears to contain only about a million stars, and is less than a few million years old. It is thought that swarms of these clumps came together over the age of the universe to create the galaxies we see today."

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  1. Wowsahhhs by ekrout · · Score: 3, Funny
    Astronomers may have found members of the first generation of stars in the universe.

    U GOTS TO B KIDDING ME..........BRITNEY SPEARS IS LIKE THE FIRST AND BESTEST EVER ... THERE AINT NO STARS B4 HER IN MY BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!! I LUV BILLY!!!!!!!

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  2. -1 No heavy elements by isomeme · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most astronomers had previously ignored these stars, which had been modded down heavily for posting annoying "First star!" messages.

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  3. Re:cool by jd · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, I think you'll find those stars are actualy quite hot. Well, were. I guess they're cool -now-.

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