Have Astronomers Seen the Universe's First Stars?
60-Second Science
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The Boost to JWST From Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lenses
The data suggests population three stars would weigh at least 500 times as much as our sun. If we're lucky, JWST might ultimately resolve individual population three stars. An actual image from across the depths of cosmic time, capturing one of the very first stars that ever was.
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