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Nature 434, 838 (14 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434838a; Published online 13 April 2005
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Astrophysics: Two's company
Roger Cayrel1
Abstract
The matter from which the first stars formed was that left behind by the Big Bang. Stars containing extremely small amounts of heavy elements such as iron provide clues to the chemical composition of this matter.
Identifying stars born at the beginning of the era of stellar formation proved a long and frustrating task. In 2002, however, Christlieb et al.1 reported the discovery of the first such 'relic of the dawn of time'.
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Roger Cayrel is at the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014
Paris, France.
e-mail: Email: roger.cayrel@obspm.fr
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