Massive, Population III Star in the Early Universe
This artist’s impression shows a field of Population III stars as they would have appeared a mere 100 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers may have discovered the first signs of their ancient chemical remains in the clouds surrounding one of the most distant quasars ever detected
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2222a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | Sept. 28, 2022, 6 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2222 |
| Size: | 5120 x 2880 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations |
