A flash from the early Universe

Presenter: Nial Tanvir

Published: November 2009

Age: 14-19 and upwards

Views: 2164 views

Tags: star

Type: Lectures

Source/institution: Nature Video

Light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago has reached Earth, setting a new record for the most distant astronomical object yet observed. The characteristics of the explosion show that massive stars were already forming only 630 million years after the Big Bang.