An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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first star
  نخستین ستاره  
naxostin setâré
Fr.: première étoile  

A member of the → Population III → massive stars that formed some 500 Myr after the → Big Bang. First stars had a simple chemical composition consisting only of H, He, and traces of 7Li and were very short-lived. They are the most likely sources of → reionization of the Universe,
which put an end to the → Cosmic Dark Age.

See also: → first; → star.