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11:46, 07-Aug-2018
Chinese astronomers discover giant star rich in lithium
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11:32, 10-Aug-2018
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Chinese astronomers have discovered the most lithium-rich giant star ever known. It could shed new light on the evolution of the universe.
With 3,000 times more lithium than a normal star, it was found in the direction of Ophiuchus, on the northern side of the galactic disk, at a distance of 4,500 light years from Earth.
A research team, led by astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made the discovery with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) located in NAOC's Xinglong Observatory, in north China's Hebei Province.
The results of the study were published in the latest issue of Nature Astronomy.
(Top image: The most lithium-rich giant star /NAOC Photo)
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency