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A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

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A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the ...

HD 140283, better known as the Methuselah star, is around 200 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra. It is ...

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