A star 13.6 billion years old found.

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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 1475031 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 3:24:11 UTC Last modified: 10 Feb 2014, 3:24:50 UTC A star 13.6 billion years old has been found by Australian astronomers using the Australian National University’s SkyMapper telescope making it the most ancient star found so far. http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/australian-astronomers-find-star-136-billion-years-old/story-fnjwlcze-1226822111115 Cheers. ID: 1475031 ·
Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1475091 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 7:53:37 UTC - in response to Message 1475031.   WOW! Like finding a needle in a haystack. The astronomers said they found the star in the Milky Way galaxy, relatively close to the Earth, around 6,000 light years away. It is a few hundred million years younger than the universe and 400 million years older than a star identified in recent years by teams of astronomers in the U.S. and Europe. ID: 1475091 ·
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4	Message 1475245 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 15:52:25 UTC Last modified: 10 Feb 2014, 15:53:06 UTC If true then that suggests that the universe is older than we think. Does it not ?? ID: 1475245 ·
ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1475248 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 15:55:42 UTC - in response to Message 1475245.   If true then that suggests that the universe is older than we think. Does it not ?? Why? Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1475248 ·
ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1475250 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 15:56:48 UTC - in response to Message 1475196.   That is just brilliant! Ouch! Blazingly bad pun!! Worse than some of mine... :-) Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1475250 ·
Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1475265 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 16:32:23 UTC - in response to Message 1475248.   If true then that suggests that the universe is older than we think. Does it not ?? Why? Keep searchin', Martin The Universe is 13.8 billion years old. Nucleosynthesis began quite soon after the Big Bang. It is quite possible that star could've formed not so long (in astronomical terms;) after the Big Bang. rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1475265 ·
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4	Message 1475295 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 17:50:32 UTC - in response to Message 1475248.   How long did it take for atoms to condense ? Was it 500 million years or 500,000. And there would be additional time to form the first stars and planets. If it were 500 million then the universe would be over 14 billion years old. I may have this number wrong (millions vs, thousands on how long to form atoms from the initially posited plasma)) ID: 1475295 ·

 
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