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How old is the oldest star?

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That's an interesting question. From what we know of the evolution of stars (that is, how they change as they get older) there seem to be some stars around that are roughly 15 billion years old. However, recent measurements of the age of the universe suggest that the entire universe is younger than that (maybe 10 billion years). The answer is probably somewhere between those two numbers.

A Smith


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