Articles for tag: AncientStars, astrophysics, EarlyUniverse, OldestStars

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The Universe’s Oldest Stars Reveal Surprising Secrets

Suhail Ahmed

  For decades, astronomers thought the earliest stars were little more than distant pinpricks, silent witnesses to a universe still finding its shape. Now, those same ancient suns are turning into loud storytellers, upending long-held theories about how galaxies, black holes, and even the elements in our blood first formed. Using a new generation of ...