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Distant galaxy may contain primeval stars

UV light hints at cache of members of earliest stellar population

STAR LIGHT  Ultraviolet light from clouds of hydrogen and helium in a distant galaxy, illustrated, suggest that primordial stars lurk inside.

M. Kornmesser/ESO

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

A stash of one of the earliest generations of stars might be lurking in a galaxy whose light has taken nearly 13 billion years to reach Earth.