Evidence of Absolutely Enormous Dead Stars Discovered
TIME - Fri 22 Aug 14Astronomers have a pretty good idea about what the first stars in the universe must have looked like. Theorists say they should have been gigantic, weighing in at anywhere from 20 times the ...
A chemical signature of first-generation very-massive stars
Phys.org - Fri 22 Aug 14A team of astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the Konan University and the University of Hyogo in Japan, the University of Notre Dame, and New Mexico State ...
Chemical signature of first-generation star found
ScienceNews - Thu 21 Aug 14The unusual balance of elements in the atmosphere of a star most likely came from the explosion of another star more than 100 times as massive as the sun.
Imprint of primordial monster star found
Nature News - Thu 21 Aug 14Chemical signature in relic star brings long-awaited evidence for massive stellar ancestors.
Hints of elusive early stars found
BBC News - Thu 21 Aug 14Astronomers may have discovered the chemical signature of one of the Universe's earliest stars.
Earliest stars lived short, fiery lives
Newscientist - Thu 21 Aug 14The chemical fingerprint of an ancient star suggests its predecessors were more massive than thought, ending up as huge supernovae
The star that exploded at the dawn of time
Science Now - Thu 21 Aug 14Ancient Milky Way sun may preserve shrapnel from a superstar's violent death
A 'stellar fossil' holds hints of one of the universe's first stars
L.A. Times - Thu 21 Aug 14Astronomers say they've discovered the signature of one of the first stars in the universe whose remains were embedded into the body of another very old star.
Traces of One of Universe's First Stars Detected
Discovery News - Thu 21 Aug 14Chemical signature of ancient star suggests it incorporated material blasted into space by a supernova explosion from huge star in early universe.
Traces of One of Universe's First Stars Detected, SPACE.com - Thu 21 Aug 14Scientists Find Remnants of One of Universe's Oldest Stars—And It's Huge
National Geographic - Thu 21 Aug 14Astronomers have struggled to find evidence for the massive stars thought to populate the early universe. Now, some say they have.
A chemical signature of first generation of massive stars
Astronomy.com - Thu 21 Aug 14Astronomers have discovered a low-mass star that exhibits the peculiar chemical abundance ratios associated with the process of creating new atomic nuclei in a first-generation massive star.
Scientists Say They Discovered Traces of One of Universe's Oldest Stars
SpaceDaily - Mon 25 Aug 14Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 25, 2014 A team of American and Japanese astronomers claims it has found a chemical signature of one of the first stars in the universe embedded in another old star, ...