The Students Who Found the Oldest Star: Top Photos

Two undergrads walked into an observatory on their first night and found the oldest star anyone has ever seen.

This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitze
The Large Magellanic Cloud seen in infrared light. The record-breaking star SDSS J0715-7334 formed in this galaxy's halo before migrating to the Milky Way billions of years ago, carrying the chemical fingerprint of a universe that was almost brand new. © ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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