Re: [Phys-L] HD 140283

[Richard Bowman <rbowman@bridgewater.edu>]

Here is a NASA science article, from March 7, about the star which had
been estimated to be 16 billion years old. So the new estimate of 14.5
+/- 0.8 Gyr is "better."
     http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/hd140283.html
And here is an article from March 21 about the newest estimate of the
age of the universe (13.8 Gyr).
     http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/21mar_cmb/

Richard Bowman, emeritus
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA, USA

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Anthony Lapinski
<Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org> wrote:
> On page 17 of the July issue of Astronomy, it states that the age of the
> oldest star (HD 140283) is 14.5 billion years. This is older than the age
> of the universe! However, they also say the uncertainty is ±800 million
> years, so all is good. I am a bit surprised that the star's age is this
> high.
>
> Can also read at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_140283
>
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