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Date: 11 May 2007 17:31:56
From: Klaatu
Subject: Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
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A galactic fossil
Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
"How old are the oldest stars" Using ESO's VLT, astronomers recently
measured the age of a star located in our Galaxy. The star, a real fossil,
is found to be 13.2 billion years old, not very far from the 13.7 billion
years age of the Universe. The star, HE 1523-0901, was clearly born at the
dawn of time."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/eso-agf051007.php
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Date: 12 May 2007 05:01:32
From: MA
Subject: Re: Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
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Bunch 'o Baloney...Maloney
"Klaatu" <mutster8_nospam_@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:134a2ntdrafh6f@corp.supernews.com...
>A galactic fossil
> Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
>
> "How old are the oldest stars" Using ESO's VLT, astronomers recently
> measured the age of a star located in our Galaxy. The star, a real fossil,
> is found to be 13.2 billion years old, not very far from the 13.7 billion
> years age of the Universe. The star, HE 1523-0901, was clearly born at the
> dawn of time."
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/eso-agf051007.php
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Date: 12 May 2007 04:57:36
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
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Klaatu wrote:
> A galactic fossil
> Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
>
> "How old are the oldest stars" Using ESO's VLT, astronomers recently
> measured the age of a star located in our Galaxy. The star, a real fossil,
> is found to be 13.2 billion years old, not very far from the 13.7 billion
> years age of the Universe. The star, HE 1523-0901, was clearly born at the
> dawn of time."
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/eso-agf051007.php
Actually if the numbers are correct, that's probably a later
generation star, as the first stars appear about 13.3 billion years
ago according to WMAP's analysis of the CMB.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060323.html
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/pub_papers/firstyear.html
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/pub_papers/threeyear.html
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