Evidence of 14B year-old 'time machine' star found 35,000 light-years from Earth

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Evidence of 14B year-old 'time machine' star found 35,000 light-years from Earth

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Astronomers have found evidence of one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that lived 13.5 billion years ago, nestled inside a star that's nearly as old. Located 35,000 light-years from Earth, the younger star, known as SMSS J160540.18−144323.1, formed after the older star exploded into a supernova. "We've found a time machine that takes us back to the Universe's earliest stars," said the study's lead author, astronomer Dr. Thomas Nordlander in a statement. "The pattern of elements we found in the star in our galaxy reveals traces of its ancestor," Nordlander added. "That long-dead star exploded as a supernova - a fairly feeble one at that too. "After the formation of the universe roughly 13.7 billion years ago, the first stars began to emerge 200 million years later, according to data from NASA. You can read the complete story and the analysis here, at:
https://www.foxnews.com/science/14b-yea ... ound-earth
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Re: Evidence of 14B year-old 'time machine' star found 35,000 light-years from Earth

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Wow - that's amazing, and cool that they could identify that!
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Re: Evidence of 14B year-old 'time machine' star found 35,000 light-years from Earth

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Very cool story Marshall! Hard to believe that it could be so old.
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