00:00The first generation of stars formed, lived, and died very early on, but second generation
00:05stars could still persist today.
00:07Our universe grew up rather quickly, with highly evolved galaxies and enriched stellar
00:12populations appearing fewer than 300 million years after the Big Bang.
00:16That means the first generation of stars, required to set the stage for what we see
00:20at the earliest times, must have formed, lived, and died quickly, giving swift rise to a second
00:25generation of stars.
00:26In theory, some of those second generation stars could still persist today.
00:32Now, astronomers have just found the most pristine individual star of all time, with profound
00:37implications for our universe's past.
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