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Oh My....
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Oh My....
I'm sure the creatards will make up some excuse.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...200836.htm

Quote:A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

The discovery has allowed astronomers for the first time to study the chemistry of the first stars, giving scientists a clearer idea of what the Universe was like in its infancy.

"This is the first time that we've been able to unambiguously say that we've found the chemical fingerprint of a first star," said lead researcher, Dr Stefan Keller of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

"This is one of the first steps in understanding what those first stars were like. What this star has enabled us to do is record the fingerprint of those first stars."
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RE: Oh My....
How poetic, too. A first star.


Oh joy, oh cosmic felicity
a star with no metallicity!
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#3
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Just as well Aussies don't go in for much woo woo.

Go ANU! Big Grin
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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