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Ancient Gas Clouds Spotted by Astronomers May Be Remnants of First Stars
Astronomers operating the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope think they’ve found three gas clouds that formed in the aftermath of the very first stars, when the Big Bang was still in the rear-view mirror.
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Newest Webb Image Is a Stunning View of a Star’s Penultimate Stage
The Webb Space Telescope has produced a stupendous view of a Wolf-Rayet star, an extraordinarily bright object in the sky that (you may want to sit down) will soon die.
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Astronomers Find Rare Star System That Will Trigger a Kilonova
The binary system will end in a massive, gold-forming explosion.
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Astronomers May Have Spotted the Remnants of One of the Earliest Stars
A team of astronomers studying the gas surrounding a distant quasar believe it may carry remnants of one of the universe’s first stars.