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Rapid Star Formation in the Early Universe

This artist's concept of star formation in the early universe shows a field of dazzling proto-galaxies brightening as white-hot knots of stars are born within them. According to recent results from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the earliest stars may have formed in a torrential firestorm just a few hundred million years after the big bang.
  • Release Date
    January 8, 2002
  • Science Release
    Stellar ‘Fireworks Finale’ Came First in the Young Universe
  • Credit
    Greg Bacon (STScI)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov