SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 27, 2026Science News

The earliest evidence of the first stars may lie in a distant gas clump

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Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify Hebe, a gas clump from 450 million years after the Big Bang, containing no elements heavier than helium — potentially the earliest evidence of first-generation population III stars.

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