SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 5, 2026Science Daily

Students found a star from the dawn of the universe drifting into the Milky Way

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University of Chicago undergraduate students discovered one of the oldest known stars in the universe, SDSSJ0715-7334, which has the lowest metallicity ever recorded at just 0.005 percent of the Sun's heavy elements. The ancient star originally formed in the Large Magellanic Cloud billions of years ago before migrating into the Milky Way.

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