If we can't detect the first stars, maybe we can see their first galaxies
Population III (PopIII) stars represent astronomy's ultimate prize: the first generation of stars born from the pristine hydrogen and helium created in the Big Bang. These theoretical giants, potentially hundreds of times more massive than our sun, should have been fundamentally different from any stars we see today. They contained virtually no "metals," astronomy's term for elements heavier than helium, because none existed yet in the universe.
Population III (PopIII) stars represent astronomy's ultimate prize: the first generation of stars born from the pristine hydrogen and helium created in the Big Bang. These theoretical giants, potentially hundreds of times more massive than our sun, should have been fundamentally different from any stars we see today. They contained virtually no "metals," astronomy's term for elements heavier than helium, because none existed yet in the universe.
