JWST Finds The Very First Stars Ever Formed #jwst #astronomy #universe

JWST Finds The Very First Stars Ever Formed #jwst #astronomy #universe

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has possibly glimpsed the universe's first stars in galaxy GN-z11, observed just 430 million years after the Big Bang.

This galaxy, previously the most distant known, was a key target for JWST due to its extreme luminosity and redshift of 10.6, offering a window into the cosmos's infancy. JWST's observations have revealed evidence of the first generation of stars, known as Population III stars, which are thought to be massive, bright, and made purely of hydrogen and helium from the Big Bang.

Additionally, JWST found signs of a supermassive black hole rapidly consuming matter at GN-z11's heart. These findings, including a clump of ionized helium suggesting the presence of these primordial stars and a two-million-solar-mass black hole, illuminate the early universe's conditions and the formation of its first celestial bodies.

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