{"id":68926,"date":"2017-06-10T06:10:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T10:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=68926"},"modified":"2017-06-03T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T03:39:32","slug":"the-fate-of-the-first-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=68926","title":{"rendered":"The Fate of the First Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Population III stars were the very first stars in our universe and far larger than any we can see today. Where are they now? Start your Audible trial today at <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/spacetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/spacetime\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-servicelink=\"CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">http:\/\/www.audible.com\/spacetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pSUtWBiuB4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can further support us on Patreon at <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pbsspacetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pbsspacetime\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-servicelink=\"CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pbsspacetime<\/a><br \/>\nGet your own Space Time t\u00adshirt at <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-servicelink=\"CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi<\/a><br \/>\nTweet at us! @pbsspacetime<br \/>\nFacebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime<br \/>\nEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com<br \/>\nComment on Reddit:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-servicelink=\"CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help translate our videos!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&amp;c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&amp;c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timedtext_cs_&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous Episode:<br \/>\nMartian Evolution<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vLR_a1MAy9I\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vLR_a1MAy9I\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCKfdisugo9QCFYLxnAodEHsNuSj4HQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vLR_a&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon after the Big Bang, the first generation of monstrously large stars ignited, lit up the universe, and then died. The resulting swarms of supernova explosions enriched the universe with the first heavy elements and LOTs of black holes. They shaped everything that came after. These were the stars of Population III, and they are one of the most enduring mysteries in astrophysics.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Matt O&#8217;Dowd and Alexandra Yep<br \/>\nProduced by Rusty Ward<br \/>\nGraphics by Kurt Ross<br \/>\nMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Population III stars were the very first stars in our universe and far larger than any we can see today. Where are they now? Start your Audible trial today at http:\/\/www.audible.com\/spacetime You can further support us on Patreon at https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t\u00adshirt at http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit:\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime Help translate our videos!\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timedtext_cs_&#8230; Previous Episode: Martian Evolution https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vLR_a&#8230; Soon after the Big Bang, the first generation of monstrously large stars ignited, lit up the universe, and then died. The resulting swarms of supernova explosions enriched the universe with the first heavy elements and LOTs of black holes. They shaped everything that came after. These were the stars of Population III, and they are one of the most enduring mysteries in astrophysics. Written by Matt O&#8217;Dowd and Alexandra Yep Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Kurt Ross Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[97,551,853],"class_list":["post-68926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-space-time"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68927,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68926\/revisions\/68927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}