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These stars may have been born only 250 million years after the Big Bang

Observations of light from a far galaxy further indicate that stellar formation began early

MACS1149-JD1 galaxy

STAR START  Scientists find evidence that stars formed in a faraway galaxy (indicated by the boxes) when the universe was just 250 million years old.

NASA, ESA, W. Zheng/JHU, M. Postman/STScI and the CLASH Team

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