First Light

First Light may refer to:

Science and technology

• First light (astronomy), the first observation with a newly commissioned telescope
• First light (cosmology), the light emitted from the first generation of stars, known as population III stars
• Nautical dawn, the time before sunrise when the sky begins to brighten
• First Light Fusion, a company developing a nuclear fusion reactor

Arts and entertainment

Literature

• First Light (Ganguly novel), by Sunil Gangopadhyay
• First Light (Preston book), a 1987 nonfiction book on astronomy by Richard Preston
• First Light (Stead novel), a 2007 science fiction novel for children by Rebecca Stead
• First Light (Wellum book), a 2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum
• First Light, a 1987 novel by Charles Baxter
• First Light, a 1989 novel by Peter Ackroyd

Music

• First Light (band), an English funk project of Paul Hardcastle
• First Light: An Oratorio, a 2005 composition by Sally Lutyens

Albums

• First Light (Easy Star All-Stars album) or the title song, 2011
• First Light (The Enid album), 2014
• First Light (Family of Mann album), 1974
• First Light (Freddie Hubbard album) or the title song, 1971
• First Light (Richard and Linda Thompson album) or the title song, 1978
• First Light (Wishbone Ash album), 2007

Songs

• "First Light", by Converge from You Fail Me, 2004
• "First Light", by Harold Budd and Brian Eno from Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, 1980
• "First Light", by Hozier from Unreal Unearth, 2023
• "First Light", by Moonspell from Night Eternal, 2008
• "First Light", by Paradise Lost from Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us, 2009
• "First Light", by Shadow Gallery from Legacy, 2001
• "First Light", by Starset from Transmissions, 2014

Other media

• "First Light" (Cloak & Dagger), a television episode
• First Light (film), a 2015 Italian film directed by Vincenzo Marra
• At First Light (film), a 2018 Canadian film, titled First Light in some countries
• First Light (radio program), an American syndicated talk program hosted by Michael Toscano
• 007 First Light, a 2026 James Bond video game
• Infamous First Light, a 2014 expansion to the video game Infamous Second Son