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autonomy cast episode 664- the first stars

Welcome to Astronomecast

or weekly fax-based journey through the cosmos

will it help you understand?

you understand not only what we know but how we know what we know. I'm Fraser Kane. I'm the

publisher of University Day with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist for the Planetary Science

Institute and the Director of Cosmic Quest. Hey Pamela, how are you doing? I am doing well. How

are you doing? Good. Good. So we did a wrap-up of the Space News in 2022 and while 2022 like many years

sucked for space, it was the best, right? We had Artemis, we had the James Webb Space Telescope,

we had Dart, we had the Chinese Space Station, we had so many amazing things come together. It feels

like it was probably one of the best years in space in my career. So it's amazing. It was an amazing

year and I don't see as many exciting things coming up for 2023 but that is true. Who knows?

I'm still mourning insight, the insight, the mission on Mars was my favorite little Mars

sitter, Lander. But it lasted twice, it's length time. It did and so I guess I'm still mourning,

I'm still mourning the little Lander that tried so hard. What could you have asked for it?

Should have lasted for four times as long, ten times long, they can't all be opportunity.

I know. I know. All right. The Sun is a third-generation star polluted with the metals from

long dead suns. Astronomers have also discovered second-generation stars with very low

metallicity. But theory suggests there must be a first-generation with stars made from only

pure hydrogen and helium. Can we ever find them? So first, like please explain the generation

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