The Methuselah star, which is just now bloating into a red giant, was probably born in a dwarf galaxy that the nascent Milky Way gobbled up more than 12 billion years ago, ...

Methuselah – more scientifically referred to as HD 140283 – been known for about a century. The star itself displays another rather interesting attribute.

Methuselah, located 12,400 light years away in the constellation Scorpio, is one of the most ancient exoplanets ever ...

This Digitized Sky Survey image shows the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. Called the Methuselah star, HD 140283 is 190.1 light-years away. Astronomers refined the star's age ...

The Methuselah star, which is just now bloating into a red giant, was probably born in a dwarf galaxy that the nascent Milky Way gobbled up more than 12 billion years ago, researchers said.

The age of the Methuselah star in the light of stellar evolution models with tailored abundances. Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics Published: 2024-11-01 DOI: ...

The Methuselah Star is a Population II star, with considerably less heavy elements, especially iron. There is another hypothesized class of stars, called Population III, ...

However, recent analysis of a star known as "Methuselah star" using the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope suggests that it is 14.5 billion years old - some 700 million years older than the universe. ‌ ...

Methuselah is believed to be the oldest star in the entire known universe, having formed over 14 billion years ago. Its age makes it older than the universe itself.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Methuselah star, cataloged as HD 140283, is the oldest star in the universe. Scientists estimated the long-standing star to be 16 billion years old, as observed via the ...