First of missing primitive stars discovered

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 09:02 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have discovered a relic from the early universe - a star that may have been among the second generation of stars to form after the Big Bang. Located in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor some 290,000 light-years away, the star has a remarkably similar chemical make-up to the Milky Way's oldest stars. Its presence supports the theory that our galaxy underwent a 'cannibal' phase, growing to its current size by swallowing dwarf galaxies and other galactic building blocks...

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