Hubble makes surprising find in the early Universe

[Graeme1858]

New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe took place sooner than previously thought. A European team of astronomers have found no evidence of the first generation of stars, known as Population III stars, as far back as when the Universe was just 500 million years old.

http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image ... y_Universe

[smp]

Thanks very much for posting this, Graeme. I vaguely remember glancing past a headline about this a short while ago, but I never returned to it, so I missed it.

smp