Researcher discusses new book detailing the hunt for the oldest stars
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 07:00
in Astronomy & Space
Anna Frebel has unearthed some of the oldest stars in the universe, meticulously extricating them from the billions of stellar grains in the sky. By determining the chemical composition of these ancient stars, she hopes to reconstruct a picture of the cosmic environment in the earliest moments of the universe.