The oldest star in the universe: Astronomers find HD 140283 is at least 13.2 billion years old More than a century after it was first observed by astronomers a star has been identified as the oldest yet seen in the universe.
The star is just 186 light years away from Earth and is at least 13.2 billion years old, and quite possibly many millions of years older than that.
The Big Bang is calculated by scientists to have taken place about 13.77 billion years ago and...
ankakh January 14, 2013 23:36