It's possible, he says, that there might be some unforeseen process at work that could change current understanding of early star formation. (sciencemag.org)
The dwarf galaxy also is of interest because it provides clues to how the early simple universe became re-ionized by early star formation, moving it from the so - called cosmic Dark Ages of neutral gases to the development of the complexly structured universe now in existence, where the gas between galaxies is ionized. (sciencedaily.com)
I think the surprise that is definitely there is the evidence for early star formation, just 100 million years after the Big Bang. (discovermagazine.com)