NASA's Spitzer finds first objects burned furiously Spitzer
observations of the cosmic infrared background are laying down a
roadmap for the James Webb Space Telescope, which will tell us
exactly what and where these first objects were. June 8, 2012
The faint, lumpy glow given off by the first objects in the
universe may have been detected with the best precision yet,
using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These faint objects might
be wildly massive stars or voracious black holes. They are too
far away to be seen individually, but Spitzer has captured new
convincing evidence of what appears to be the collective pattern
of their infrared light. Astronomers have uncovered patterns of
light that appear to be from the first stars and galaxies that
formed in the universe. The light patterns were hidden within a
strip of sky observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These
two panels show the same slice of sky in the constellation
Boötes. The area covered is about 1° by 0.12°. The top panel
show's Spitzer's initial