Astronomers from the University of Notre Dame have been canvas a grouping of very onetime stars and think they have learn something about the report of the first wizard in the existence , which we have not been able to find yet .

In a paper , release in theAstrophysical Journal , the researchers discussed the observance of carbon - enhanced , alloy - poor stars racy in nitrogen and atomic number 8 ( CEMP - no ) . These target are some of the most chemically archaic stars ever observe , indicate that they must have formed before the cosmos became enriched in enceinte chemical element .

“ The CEMP - no stars we see today , at least many of them , were carry in brief after the Big Bang , 13.5 billion years ago , out of almost entirely unpolluted material , ” lead writer Jinmi Yoon said in astatement .   “ These champion , locate in the halo system of our galaxy , are straight second - generation lead – bear out of the nucleosynthesis production of the very first champion . ”

Most of the nuclear nuclei that formed in the Big Bang were hydrogen and helium . Heavier elements , like carbon and branding iron for example , are instead formed in whiz and then circularize out around galax when said stars go supernova .

The CEMP - no stars are consider to have been enriched by the punishing elements produced by the first stars . The astronomers studied about 300 stars outside the phonograph record of the Milky Way , and by looking at their Light Within in eminent - resolution , they were able-bodied to work out exactly what these CEMP - no stars are made of .

“ We ’re analyzing the chemical production of the very first stars by attend at what was locked up by the second - generation wizard , ” said Professor Timothy Beers , the Notre Dame professorship in Astrophysics .   “ We can use this data to severalise the tale of how the first element were form and determine the distribution of the masses of those first hotshot . If we know how their masses were distributed , we can model the process of how the first stars formed and develop from the very beginning . ”

The first stars were much bigger on intermediate than maven in the recent universe . They shined bright and died young . Our musical instrument are yet to honor these primaeval star topology , but theJames Webb Space Telescope , which will be launched in 2018 , has a honorable luck to finally see them .