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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Mark Waghorn & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Enormous new star could be oldest ever detected and explain evolution of universe - Caught on Camera

An enormous star dating back nearly 13 billion years is the oldest ever to be detected, astronomers have claimed.

The discovery - which has been described as an "extraordinary new benchmark" - could help explain the evolution of the universe, experts hope.

Over fifty times bigger than the Sun, the star's light has only just reached Earth.

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