Abstract
The first generation of stars in the universe is yet to be observed. There are two leading theories for those objects that mark the beginning of the cosmic dawn: hydrogen burning Population III stars and Dark Stars, made of hydrogen and helium but powered by dark matter heating. The latter can grow to become supermassive (M⋆ ∼ 106M⊙) and extremely bright (L ∼ 109L⊙). We show that each of the following three objects-JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and JADES-GS-z11-0 (at redshifts z ∈ [11, 14])-are consistent with a Supermassive Dark Star interpretation, thus identifying the first Dark Star candidates.
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