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New Red Giant Star Discovered Near Milky Way

10/17/2025

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Astronomers have discovered a new star, SDSS J0715-7334, near the Milky Way.
The star is a red giant with the lowest metallicity, likely originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud about 85,000 light-years away.
Separately, researchers say that about 800 million years after the Big Bang the universe was warmer than thought.
They aim to detect the 21-centimeter hydrogen line.

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Astronomers have discovered a new star, SDSS J0715-7334, near the Milky Way.
The star is a red giant with the lowest metallicity, likely originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud about 85,000 light-years away.
Separately, researchers say that about 800 million years after the Big Bang the universe was warmer than thought.
They aim to detect the 21-centimeter hydrogen line.