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MIT researchers discover the universe’s oldes - EurekAlert


<p>MIT astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic neighborhood. The stars are in the Milky Way&rsquo;s &ldquo;halo&rdquo; &mdash; the cloud of stars that&nbsp;envelopes the entire&nbsp;main galactic disk &mdash; and they appear to have formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago, when the very first galaxies were taking shape.&nbsp;</p>

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