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  2. List of oldest stars - Wikipedia

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    The age of the oldest known stars approaches the age of the universe, about 13.8 billion years. Some of these are among the first stars from reionization (the stellar dawn), ending the Dark Ages about 370,000 years after the Big Bang. [1] This list includes stars older than 12 billion years, or about 87% of the age of the universe.

  3. Lists of stars - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above. BPM 37093 — a diamond star Cygnus X-1 — X-ray source

  4. List of largest stars - Wikipedia

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    The following well-known stars are listed for the purpose of comparison. Antares (α Scorpii A) 680 [65] AD Fourteenth brightest star in the night sky. [66] Widely recognised as being among the largest known stars. [19] Betelgeuse (α Orionis) 640, [67] 764 +116 −62, [68] 782 ± 55 [69] AD & SEIS Tenth brightest star in the night sky. [66]

  5. Most massive known stars captured by the powerful Webb ... - AOL

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    This nebula, at some 161,000 light-years away (which is relatively close cosmically speaking), is also "home to the hottest, most massive stars known," explains NASA.In the image above

  6. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The Hubble Space Telescope, the first large optical telescope in orbit, is launched using the Space Shuttle, but astronomers soon discovered that it is crippled by a problem with its mirror. A complex repair mission in 1993 allows the telescope to start producing spectacular images of distant stars, nebulae, and galaxies.

  7. Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies ...

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    5th century BC — Democritus proposes that the bright band in the night sky known as the Milky Way might consist of stars. 4th century BC — Aristotle believes the Milky Way to be caused by "the ignition of the fiery exhalation of some stars which were large, numerous and close together" and that the "ignition takes place in the upper part of the atmosphere, in the region of the world which ...

  8. Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth ... - AOL

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    The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth. The region is relatively small and ...

  9. Timeline of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space.. This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.