A paper links dark stars to Webb telescope puzzles involving bright sources, dust-free galaxies, and early black holes.

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The James Webb Space Telescope is now delivering what astronomers have chased for decades: a glimpse of the universe’s first generation of stars. By dissecting the light from a tiny, distant galaxy, ...

This month, we’ll talk about the relationship between a star’s spectral class and its color. But first, I have a question for you: Which constellation has the most stars of spectral class K9? The ...

Astronomers using the James Webb telescope may have discovered some of the universe's first stars, and they may offer clues to how galaxies form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a ...