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The sun is estimated to have formed less than 5B years ago. The universe is roughly 13B and change years old, and the first stars started forming only 100M year
by pohl 4y ago
The sun is estimated to have formed less than 5B years ago. The universe is roughly 13B and change years old, and the first stars started forming only 100M years after the beginning. There's absolutely no way it could be a first generation star.
- ncmncm 4y agoThe first-generation stars are imagined to have lasted only a few million years before going supernova and (because of their size) becoming black holes. We can never be certain, of course, because they are all long gone. Like, 13 billion years gone. The James Webb telescope is hoped to see back nearly that far back, but not likely near enough to catch any of them.