Universe's first star born tiny, grew huge: study


	Universe's first star born tiny, grew huge: study

Deepti

8-1-2008 6:27 AM

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The processes churning inside the stars synthesized the universe's first heavy elements. In dying, these stars may have blasted this stuff back into space to become building blocks of future stars and planets composed of many more elements

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8-4-2008 7:48 AM

tabsey

Fascinating, isn't it?

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