Astronomers discover ancient star system orbiting around Milky Way using telescopes atop Mauna Kea : Big Island Now

This system consists of just 60 stars that are over 10 billion years old, all bound by their own gravity and maybe even dark matter, according to a press release from the W.M. Keck Observatory.

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