5. The First Stars
TIMELINE · cosmic dawn
Then, dawn. The first stars ignited: monsters of pure hydrogen and helium, hundreds of times the Sun's mass, furiously bright and dead within a few million years. Their fusion forged the first heavier elements and their explosions scattered them, seeding the cosmos with the ingredients of planets and chemistry. Every atom of carbon in you waited in line behind this moment.
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