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The first stars in the Universe, with Dr Emma Chapman

Instant Genius

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How Much Have We Observed About the First Stars?

We think that the vast majority of them are probably er extinct. Could there be some small enough, let's say, about 80 % the mass of our sun, that guzzle through their hydrogen much slower? That they could actually still be around in the milky way. To day, lots of people are searching for them. It's called stellar archaeology. They're getting tantalizingly close.

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