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Robert Lea

Strange star holds 'holy grail' clues about unique supernova explosions in the early universe

Illustration of supernova explosions in the early universe, with colorful gas halos surrounding exploded stars.

The chemical composition of a strange star found in the halo of our Milky Way galaxy represents the first evidence of the violent deaths of the universe's first stars, a new study reports.

The universe’s first stars were born around 100 million to 250 million years after the Big Bang, which occurred about 13.8 billion years ago. But scientists are still in the dark about how the mass of this first generation of stars was distributed. 

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