The James Webb Space Telescope spied the earliest born stars yet seen

The stars may have winked into existence just 800 million years after the Big Bang

James Webb Space Telescope first deep field image

The James Webb Space Telescope observed thousands of galaxies that were magnified by a galaxy cluster in the foreground. Around just one of those galaxies, astronomers may have spotted some of the earliest stars yet seen.

NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI

Some of the earliest stars yet seen are now coming to light in one of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.