White Dwarf Stars

NASA and H. Richer University of British Columbia, credit for ground-based photo: NOAO/AURA/NSF1999-12-01

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Peering deep inside a cluster of several hundred thousand stars, NASA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, giving astronomers a fresh reading on the age of the universe.

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Title: White Dwarf Stars
Creator: NASA and H. Richer University of British Columbia, credit for ground-based photo: NOAO/AURA/NSF
Date Created: 1999-12-01
Rights: JPL

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