Astronomers May Have Found the Universe's First Stars Using James Webb

“Looking at that light, astronomers found clear evidence of helium in LAP1-B—but virtually no heavier elements.”

A galaxy called LAP1-B, magnified 100x by gravitational lensing, shows stars with helium but almost no heavy elements. Exactly what Population III stars should look like. These are the universe’s first generation of stars. Formed from pure hydrogen and helium just 200 million years after the Big Bang. If confirmed, JWST is delivering on its promise to see the cosmic dawn. The light traveled 13 billion years to reach us.