Methuselah, the world's oldest star, is 16 billion years old and 190 light years from Earth
Methuselah or HD140283 was found to be 16 billion years old or the “oldest star in the Universe”, when scientists observed it with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hipparcos satellite in 2002.
This figure was truly surprising, since the age of the Universe was estimated to be 13.8 billion years, so the fact that a star was older than the Universe baffled experts, according to Space.
“It was a serious discrepancy,” says Pennsylvania State University astronomer Howard Bond.
With this in mind, he and his colleagues planned to explore the truth and determine the accuracy of this number. As a result, his conclusions turned out to be mind-blowing.
Methuselah is named after a biblical patriarch, who died at the age of 969, making him the oldest figure in the Bible.
The wonderful star resides about 190 light years from Earth and in the constellation of Libra.
Travel rapidly through the sky at 800,000 mph (1.3 kilometers per hour).
The tests explained that the star was very old. It is made up of hydrogen and helium and contains very little iron.
This also means that this star must have been born when the Universe was ruled by helium and hydrogen before iron, since heavier elements began to appear when giant stars created them in their cores.
