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Probing the Secrets of the Universe
Record #:
26235
Author(s):
Maxwell, Tracey
Abstract:
UNC astronomer Bruce Carney and his colleagues have established that the Milky Way Galaxy is at least 18 billion years old. To arrive at their estimate, the group studied several nearby stars called RR Lyrae variable stars.
Source:
Endeavors
(NoCar LD 3941.3 A3),
Vol. 6 Issue 1, Fall 1988
,
p
15-17, il, por
Subject(s):
Astronomy
;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research