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- Astronomers found a very metal-poor star.
- It is near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- The star is mostly hydrogen and helium.
- It has very few heavy elements.
- It is similar to the first stars long ago.
- Researchers looked at the star with a telescope.
- They measured the star's light to learn more.
- Scientists will keep studying old, simple stars.
Difficult words
- astronomer — a scientist who studies stars and spaceAstronomers
- metal-poor — having very few heavy chemical elements
- hydrogen — a simple gas found in many stars
- helium — a light gas found in stars and planets
- telescope — a tool to see distant things in space
- element — a substance made of one kind of atomheavy elements
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Discussion questions
- Do you like looking at stars?
- Have you ever used a telescope?
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