Astronomers Find First Direct Evidence of “Monster Stars” From the Cosmic Dawn

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Cambridge, MA (December 9, 2025)— For two decades, astronomers have puzzled over how supermassive black holes, which are some of the brightest objects in the universe, could exist less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Normal stars simply couldn't create such massive black holes quickly enough.

Astronomers find first direct evidence of “Monster Stars” from the cosmic dawn

Astronomers find first direct evidence of “Monster Stars” from the cosmic dawn LeahyD Tue, 09/12/2025 - 14:26 Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang 9 December 2025 7 minutes Scientists have found compelling observational evidence of supermassive "first stars" in a galaxy called GS 3073 t…