Going through the lanes of Space history one day, the astronomers came across an amazing finding. They discovered the oldest star surviving in the younger one. It was hard to believe. So they laid down the roadmap of the deep analysis of that matter. Their findings confirmed their assertion and unveiled an all-new facet of the branch of study. The oldest star was inside in the younger one. The study provided a perfect explanation of that phenomenon.

The younger star-J160540.18-144323.1 traces its genesis back to the explosion of older one. 35000 light-years away from Earth, the star exploded into a supernova. According to Thomas Nordlander- the lead author astronomer of the study, the supernova energy of the ancestral star was very low. The heavier elements had fallen back into very dense remnant created by the explosion. Also, only a tiny fraction of the elements heavier than carbon escaped into space and helped to form the very old star that they had found. So that marked the beginning of a new phase.

The exploded star belonged to Population III generation of stars as it was 10 times as large as the sun. Population I stars were very large-100 times bigger than Sun. The astronomer called it a time machine that took them back to the Universe’s earliest stars. Also, Nordlander shared that the pattern of elements that they found in the star in our galaxy revealed traces of its ancestor.

According to them, carbon elements escaped from the older star and thrived in the younger star-SMSSJ160540.18-144323.1. This star is situated in the Milky Way galaxy which is our very own galaxy. Co-author Martin Asplund said that they could study the first stars through their children. The astronomers are all set to explore the dark side.

In the domain of study of stars, NASA had brought out that the Universe was formed roughly 13.7 billion years ago. The first stars came up about 200 years came up about 200 million years later. The Agency has also shed some light on its process. According to it, Gravity had pulled in more matter from areas of lower density and clumps had grown. After that clumping, there was enough matter that raised the temperature to ignite the process of fusion. Thus, stars started to glow.

The ‘time machine’ star has opened the gates for new successful discoveries by our genius astronomers. It can take them through the lanes of the evolution of our mighty Universe. Astronomers are thrilled and set to lay down the roadmap to take a lead in that domain.

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