Astrophysical: Population III stars

  • News
    A team with the participation of the IAC and the ULL discovers that massive stars prefer to live in pairs even in galaxies with low metallicity
    Massive stars in metal-poor galaxies often have close partners, just like the massive stars in our metal-rich Milky Way. This has been discovered by an...
  • News
    El Consejo Europeo confía en un investigador del IAC para encontrar las primeras estrellas del Universo
    El investigador del IAC David Aguado ha obtenido una prestigiosa ayuda Starting Grant del Consejo Europeo de Investigación (ERC), dirigida a impulsar a jóvenes...
  • Publication
    On the Pair-instability Supernova Origin of J1010+2358
    The first (Population III) stars formed only out of H and He and were likely more massive than present-day stars. Massive Population III stars in the range 140...
  • Publication
    Zero-metallicity Hypernova Uncovered by an Ultra-metal-poor Star in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
    Although true metal-free "Population III" stars have so far escaped discovery, their nature, and that of their supernovae, is revealed in the chemical products...