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Articles by: David Crookes

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 to about 14.5 billion years (which is older than the universe), plus or minus 800 million years. Image released March 7, 2013.

How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe?

By David Crookes

Somebody is lying about their age.

Artist's impression of a black hole.

Where Do Black Holes Lead?

By David Crookes

If you could journey through the cosmos' most monstrous objects, what tales — if any — would you be able to tell?