stellar features

An artist's rendering of a Tidal Disruption Event (TDE), a star torn apart by the powerful gravity of a massive black hole. Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Cosmic Archaeology: Using Black Holes to Discover Evidence of the Universe's First Stars

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To date there have been no convincing direct detections of Pop III stars - the first stars, because these stars formed in the early universe are very far away and too faint for our ground-based telescopes or
V838 Monocerotis A red variable star in the Monocros group. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Cosmic dust factories: variable stars and the origin of life

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It was found that stars with variable light intensity influence the production of the interstellar dust and its enrichment in heavy elements from which life was created