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Found: Youngest Galaxy and Oldest Star!
- Published_at:2014-02-15
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:DNews
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- description: This was a big week for space! Astronomers found both the oldest galaxy we've ever seen, and also the youngest star. Both were formed just after the Big Bang occurred 13 billion years ago, and Trace is here to tell you what these two findings can teach us about the origins of everything! Read More: Most Ancient Star Lurks On Our Cosmic Doorstep http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/most-ancient-star-lurks-on-our-cosmic-doorstep-140210.htm "Records for furthest, biggest and brightest are always being broken in astronomy, but one of the more intriguing records has just been smashed." ANU Astronomers Discovery Oldest Star http://news.anu.edu.au/2014/02/10/anu-team-discovers-oldest-star/ "A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago." A single low-energy, iron-poor supernova as the source of metals in the star SMSS http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12990.html "The element abundance ratios of four low-mass stars with extremely low metallicities (abundances of elements heavier than helium) indicate that the gas out of which the stars formed was enriched in each case by at most a few—and potentially only one—low-energy supernova." Hubble Telescope Reveals One of the Youngest Galaxies Ever Seen http://www.livescience.com/43258-youngest-galaxy-hubble-telescope-deep-view.html "A new deep view of the universe from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed one of the youngest galaxies ever observed by astronomers." Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes "spy" one of the youngest galaxies in the Universe http://www.iac.es/divulgacion.php?op1=16&id=836&lang=en (movie) "Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and La Laguna University lead the international team that has analyzed the images." Watch More: What Is a Supernova? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezpx_Xqk0cE TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-437-pets-make-us-healthier?utm_campaign=DNWC&utm_medium=DNews&utm_source=YT How Big Is the Universe? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz0KGVwGwXQ ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com
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