A team of astronomers believe they may have found the most "pristine" star in the universe to date. According to the team, the gas that formed this star may have come from an elusive "population III" star, the earliest stars in the universe. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Population III stars are the name we give to the universe's first stars , which formed from primordial hydrogen and helium and are thought to contain virtually no heavier metallic elements within them. Though we have never observed them, models suggest they would likely be very large, and very hot.

"Massive Population III stars could have been as hot as 100,000 kelvins – more than 90,000 degrees hotter than the Sun," NASA explains . "The hotter a

See Full Page