Friday, February 7, 2014

The Oldest Star In The Universe

The Oldest Star In The Universe
An artist's impression of how the oldest known star in the universe might look 


* Star branded as HD 140283 has been practical representing more than a century

 * It formed contained by the chief 600 million years of the Big Bang

 * Earth deception truly 186 light years away from the oldest branded star

Extra than a century in the same way as it was chief practical by astronomers a star has been identified as the oldest yet seen in the universe.

The star is truly 186 light years away from Earth and is next to slightest 13.2 billion years old, and quite maybe many millions of years big than to facilitate.

The Big Bang is calculated by scientists to own taken place around 13.77 billion years previously and the star, branded single as HD 140283, was amid the initial stars to form.

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My Comment: 13.2 billion years old .... just a blink of time to the universe.

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