Astronomers have located the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk, showing that it extends 40,000 light-years out from the center.
  • tb_@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    so the outermost stars are also the oldest.

    I don’t think that line necessarily refers to anything going on in the core, but rather “of stars on the outside, the furthest ones are the oldest”.

    • Bananskal@nord.pubEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I’m not sure I follow you here, but just to be sure, I’m talking about this image here:

      Was that also what you were looking at?

      • tb_@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yeah. And the oldest stars overall are indeed in the galactic centre.

        But the specific bit you quoted I read as “of the old stars on the outside, the outermost are the oldest”.

        • Bananskal@nord.pubEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Ah okay, I get you. Reading it back again it does indeed seem to be that this is what they mean.

          Thanks. 😁