Mar 28, 2013 11:55 PM EDT
Our Galaxy is Ancient, But New Stars Are Still Born (Picture)
Our galaxy is nearly as old as the Universe itself, but there is still some action in the form of newborn stars. The age of the Universe can be determined quite exactly to be 13.8 billion years, while our galaxy, the Milky Way, is also ancient — some of its stars are more than 13 billion years old...