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Astronomy Students Discover Most Pristine Star Ever Found

Apr 6, 2026 - 08:45
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Astronomy Students Discover Most Pristine Star Ever Found
The Milky Way Galaxy with the position of SDSS J0715-7334 marked with a star symbol; the solid red line shows the path the star has taken through our Galaxy; the dashed blue line shows the path expected for a star born in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: Vedant Chandra / SDSS Collaboration / ESA / Gaia / A. Moitinho, A. F. Silva, M. Barros, C. Barata, University of Lisbon / H. Savietto, Fork Research.

The newly-discovered star, SDSS J0715-7334, formed in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud and migrated to our Milky Way Galaxy billions of years ago, according to a group of undergraduate students at University of Chicago.

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