Thursday, September 25, 2014

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Most metal-poor star hints at universe's first supernovae

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT

In a new study, researchers point out that the elemental abundance of the most iron-poor star can be explained by elements ejected from supernova explosions of the universe's first stars. This reveals that massive stars, which are several tens of times more immense than the Sun, were present among the first stars.

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