http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0912/04sn/
This is the closest we have ever gotten to observing the very first generation of stars that formed after the big bang. This supper massive star blew its self to smithereens unlike other massive stars that go supernova yet still leave a core that collapses to form a black hole, this one has completely destroyed its self in a supernova brighter than we have ever observed be for form a star who's spectra reveals it to have the lowest amount of "metals" (metals in this case describing any elements heavier than hydrogen or helium) ever observed in any population2 stars.
