European astronomers have recently tracked down a star in the Milky Way galaxy that should not exist according to our modern, widely accepted theories of star formation. This faint star, labeled as SDSSJ102915+172927, is found in the constellation Leo (The Lion), and is estimated to be about 13 Billion years old. What makes this star’s existence so intriguing is that this stars mass is so small, and contains a very little amount of metal.
Read more about what will reset our thinking on how stars are formed, written by the European Space Observatory, from the link below:
Read more about what will reset our thinking on how stars are formed, written by the European Space Observatory, from the link below:
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