The First Star is Born
From the December 2005 issue, published online December 1, 2005
 | The First Star materialized about 200 million years after the Big Bang, in a pitch-black cosmos. Astronomers can't observe it directly, but this computer model helps reveal how that primal sun may have formed. |
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