(05-22-2025, 10:57 AM)Ninurta Wrote: ...
Maybe one day we'll discuss the Methuselah Star. Why try to see beyond the veil of the edge of the universe when we can see a star potentially older than the universe in our own back yard? But either way you go with it, the Methuselah Star promotes questions itself, whether it is or is not older than the universe.
I'm not sure how much stock I put into the aging of HD 140283 (the Methuselah Star). It's age calculation is based on a quantum mechanics calculations used for stellar evolution. So, it's a calculation based on an unproven theory describing a general concept which is then being used to describe the age of a specific object. So, it's a calculation, based on a theory, which itself is based on a theory as if it were proven fact.