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.

Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, during observations. Walter Baade telescope in to the left and Landon T. Clay telescope to the right. Service building, with additional instrume
The twin 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory — the Baade (left) and Clay (right) — where Professor Alexander Ji's students made their discovery on the very first night of observing. © Jan Skowron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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