Astronomers discover oldest star: Formed shortly after the Big Bang 13. 7 billion years ago

ScienceDaily ^ | February 9, 2014

[EveningStar]

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.

The discovery has allowed astronomers for the first time to study the chemistry of the first stars, giving scientists a clearer idea of what the Universe was like in its infancy.

[EveningStar]

ping

[Gaffer]

[patiently waiting here for ALGORE or HANSEN or MANN or their surrogates to be out there claiming that AGW has significantly reduced the lifespan of our SUN.]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

that AGW has significantly reduced the lifespan of our SUN.

But they deny that GW has anything to do with the Sun but everything to do with Man.

[Gaffer]

Not quite. They deny the sun has any affect here on earth. I maintain they are that stupid enough, that duplicitous, and that deceitful enough to claim OUR AGW here will cause the sun to live a shorter life span. There’s a big difference.

[Vaduz]

What if the Big Bang never happened but many little bangs?.

[Busko]

Really? I have read in the past ten years that the “big bang” theory was changed to accommodate the errors in their findings. So is this another change to try and fix the fix.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[MNDude]

no picture of this star?

[Carl LaFong]

Oldest Star?
Probably keeps the temperature really high and watches Matlock reruns.

[TomGuy]

LOL

That is my contention. What went BANG in the beginning?

[rjsimmon]

It's just to the left of Earth...

[exit82]

I have a few concerns with this article.

The Big Bang happened precisely 13.845 billion years ago, not 13.7 billion years ago. Preciseness is important in scientific articles.

Also, define “shortly”.

Lastly, the description of how you make a star like our sun deserves a comedy award.

/s

[DJ MacWoW]

Yup!

[762X51]

What if the Big Bang never happened but many little bangs?.

Or cyclical. Really, really, really long cycles. Bang!..universe expands...reaches limits of expansion...contracts...grows denser and denser...explodes and expands again. Repeat forever or until it's Maker stops it. Just a thought.

[bennowens]

The Big Bang is a big bust. It is a man’s meager attempt to explain the universe. The great hunt for the required dark matter has come up empty. Maybe time for a new theory?

[Conan the Librarian]

Read the books by Brian Greene. He has a knack for making these things a “LITTLE” less obscure. He can certainly explain things better than me!

The theory currently is that due to quantum fluctuations, what was, became what is. Or, there was a clash of the braines that are the multiverse, or, just the primordial atom became unstable and bang.

You can’t get much better with quantum physics. :)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EveningStar.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EveningStar, extra to APoD.

[Bullish]

no picture of this star?

Here's a clue.... It looks exactly like all the other stars. you've seen one, you've seen them all.