To read an article at the Time.com website entitled, "Cosmic Anomaly: The Star That Shouldn't Exist" please click on the highlighed words above this link. This article discusses the the star known as SDSS J102915+172927, in the constellation Leo. To watch a video concerning this star, at the European Southern Observatory website please click on the following link:
http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1132a/ You can read another article about this star, which is entitled, "“Impossible” Star Exists in Cosmic Forbidden Zone" at the Universe Today website by clicking on the following link: http://www.universetoday.com/88553/impossible-star-exists-in-cosmic-forbidden-zone/ A scientific article concerning this star, has been written and posted to the PhysOrg.com website. This article is entitled, "The Star that should not exist" and can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-star.html
Isn't it fascinating that scientists can make statements about this star like these??!! "The sun has been around for about 4½ billion years, but this star has been glowing for about 13 billion!!" and
"Caffau's star" shouldn't exist at all. It's very deficient in two elements — carbon and iron — that many theorists believe are critical components for normal stars to form. It's also deficient in lithium, which is not essential for a star to take shape but ought to be present all the same
"Most stars are composed of around 70 percent hydrogen and 28 percent helium by mass, very similar to what we see in the Sun." (source:http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/961112a.html ) To learn more about the chemical composition please read the article, "The Chemical Composition of Stars and the Universe" written by Michael Richmond by clicking on the following link: http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys240/lectures/elements/elements.html
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