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Life Span: First Stars Compared to the Sun

A star 60 times the mass of the Sun would shine for less than a million years. If the first stars were all this massive, they would have burned out long ago.Credits Image NASA, ES...

Date
Dec 13, 2023
Observatory
James Webb Space Telescope
Credit
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
Archive ID
4355

A star 60 times the mass of the Sun would shine for less than a million years. If the first stars were all this massive, they would have burned out long ago.

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NASA, ESA, CSA

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