Scientists May Have Detected the Death Throes of the Universe's First Stars

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By Eliza Strickland
Jan 10, 2009 1:26 AMNov 5, 2019 5:26 AM

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The sound of scientific discovery isn't the clichéd "Eureka!" It's much more like this recent exclamation from NASA astrophysicist Alan Kogut:

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