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.

1m Swope Telesceope at Las Campanas Observatory (Chile)
The 1-meter Swope Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, part of the historic campus where Joseph Yeung said he felt "crazy to be in the driver's seat, sitting there in the moment and knowing you're one of the first people — maybe the first person ever — to see this light." © Rpoleski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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