Comments on: First Light

By: Super cool, if not actually confirmed. « deceptively packaged

Super cool, if not actually confirmed. « deceptively packaged — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:06:36 +0000

[...] Scientists may have taken a picture of the first stars ever formed. Check it out and feel very small in a very big universe. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

By: Astrolink [Global Edition] » First light, confirmed? | Latest astronomy news in 11 languages

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:22:41 +0000

[...] back in November 2005, I wrote about a Spitzer Space Telescope observation that purportedly showed light from the very first objects in the [...]

By: roy

roy — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:55:39 +0000

I am just a average joe and am just curious after reading all of this. If the top image is stars and the bottom is the gases before the biggest first stars, then where are those big stars? why don’t we see them?

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By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:23:39 +0000

Thats a good question Scott

I’d also like to see the nature article with more details on how they arrived at there decision, is there a link to it somewhere online?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:36:11 +0000

Any indication how this diffuse IR glow maps to the known microwave background radiation? Do the distributions of the two line up in any meaningful way?

By: The College of Fools

The College of Fools — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:42:30 +0000

Light from the first stars?

This post explains how researchers at NASA think they may have captured an image of the light from some of the first stars to have formed (13.5 billion years ago); you can even see the picture. Incredible and awe-inspring.
(Original link from Pharyng…