Lithium detected in an ancient star gives new clues for Big Bang nucleosynthesis
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 08:10
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain) and the University of Cambridge (UK) have detected lithium (Li) in the ancient star J0023+0307, a main-sequence extremely iron-poor dwarf star about 9,450 light years away in the galactic halo.