Astronomers have discovered a relic from the early universe – a star that may have been among the second generation of stars to form after the Big Bang. Located in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor some ...

After years of successful concealment, the most primitive stars outside our Milky Way galaxy have finally been unmasked. New observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have been used to solve an ...

When the faint star HE1327-2326 was born, the universe was a much simpler place. Stars were few, galaxies were tiny, and heavy elements such as iron were scarce. Now, some 13.5 billion years later, ...

Astronomers have discovered one of the most chemically primitive stars at the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. The star, called PicII-503, seems to be a member of the universe’s second generation of ...

After years of successful concealment, the most primitive stars outside our Milky Way galaxy have finally been unmasked. New observations using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have been used to solve an ...

"We have, in effect, found a flaw in the forensic methods used until now," says Else Starkenburg, lead author of the paper reporting the study. "Our improved approach allows us to uncover the ...