<ul><li>Astronomers have detected signals from a momentous event in the early universe in which a dense fog that cloaked the first stars began to lift.</li><li>The latest images from the James Webb space telescope reveal a galaxy dated to just 330 million years after the big bang that appears to have cleared its surrounding fog.</li><li>The observations are significant as they put an early timestamp on the universe becoming transparent, allowing high-energy starlight to travel freely.</li><li>The strength of the signal suggests that the early galaxy may have contained gigantic stars, up to 300 times the mass of our sun.</li></ul>

Astronomers find signal that gives ‘unexpected’ insight into early universe

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