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Astronomers Find Rare Second-Generation Star From Ancient Universe
Key Takeaways
- Astronomers discovered an extremely rare, iron-deficient second-generation star that formed from a single Population III supernova
- The star's chemical fingerprint provides direct evidence of how the universe's first stars seeded heavy elements
- Such stars were detected using high-resolution spectroscopy across databases of millions of stellar spectra
- The findings help constrain the mass and explosion energetics of the universe's first stellar generation
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DT Editorial Team··4 min read·via space.com