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Sunday, May 13, 2007

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Using a process similar to carbon dating, astronomers have determined that the star HE 1523-091 is nearly as old as the Universe itself.

Astronomers used a powerful telescope to measure radioactive elements thorium and uranium. They say the star, which is in our galaxy, is 13.2 billion years old. The Universe, according to most estimates, is 13.7 billion years old.

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