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Nov 11, 2015 04:42 PM EST

Oldest Stars Discovered Next To Milky Way Center

A team of researchers from the Australian National University have discovered some of the oldest stars near Milky Way center. The researchers made the discovery using the ANU SkyMapper telescope.

Feb 10, 2014 12:53 PM EST

Astronomers at The Australian National University Discover Oldest Star in the Universe

By using the ANU SkyMapper telescope at the Sliding Spring Observatory in Australia, a team of astronomers was able to discover the oldest known star in the Universe, which is believed to have formed nearly 13.7 billion years ago.