Chemical signature of first-generation star found
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Some of the very first stars, seen in an artist’s rendition of a stellar birth cluster, might have been very massive. When the massive stars exploded, they would have sprinkled their neighbors with a unique blend of elements such as carbon, magnesium and iron.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan