Stellar 'Fireworks Finale' Came First in the Young Universe
Depicts: Hubble Deep Field (HDF), Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S)
Copyright: A. Schaller (STScI)
Studies of Hubble's deepest views of the heavens lead to the preliminary conclusion that the universe made a significant portion of its stars in a torrential firestorm of star birth, which abruptly lit up the pitch-dark heavens just a few hundred million years after the "big bang," the tremendous explosion that created the cosmos.
Though stars continue to be born today in galaxies, the star birth rate could be a trickle compared to the predicted gusher of stars in those opulent early years.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
