Observing Ashes of the First Stars | European Southern Observatory

Observing Ashes of the First Stars | European Southern Observatory

ESOcast 261 Light: Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found the fingerprints left by the explosions of the first stars.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.

Editing: Angelos Tsaousis

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Claudia Sciarma and Jonas Enander

Footage and photos: ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, ESA/Hubble, B. Tafreshi

Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova

Duration: 1 minute, 18 seconds

Release Date: May 2, 2023

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