These stars may have been born only 250 million years after the Big Bang
Observations of light from a far galaxy further indicate that stellar formation began early
![MACS1149-JD1 galaxy](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/051618_LH_early-stars_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
STAR START Scientists find evidence that stars formed in a faraway galaxy (indicated by the boxes) when the universe was just 250 million years old.
NASA, ESA, W. Zheng/JHU, M. Postman/STScI and the CLASH Team