1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auIsaac Schultzhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/isaacschultz-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TNdkH1bFEb"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/05/some-of-the-oldest-stars-were-just-found-in-our-own-galaxy/">Some of the Oldest Stars Were Just Found in Our Own Galaxy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/05/some-of-the-oldest-stars-were-just-found-in-our-own-galaxy/embed/#?secret=TNdkH1bFEb" width="600" height="338" title="“Some of the Oldest Stars Were Just Found in Our Own Galaxy” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="TNdkH1bFEb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/be601b5060f689faea4297359b28c1b6.jpg?quality=7536042027Some stars in our very own Milky Way are some of the earliest ever seen, according to researchpublished today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The stars are in the Milky Way’s halo, a shroud of stars that surrounds the galactic disk. The stars are also relatively close, at just 30,000 light-years […]