Part of the Milky Way is around 2 billion years OLDER than previously thought, astronomers claim - Daily Mail

The surprising result came from analysis by astronomers Maosheng Xiang and Hans-Walter Rix, from the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.

Part of our Milky Way galaxy is much older than previously thought, new research has found, dating back to just 800 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers have shown that the 'thick disc' of … [+8953 chars]

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