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Young dwarfs date an old halo

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An ingenious way of measuring the ages of stellar populations in the halo of the Milky Way will allow astronomers to obtain direct information on the timing of the Galaxy's evolution.

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Figure 1: Edge-on infrared view of the Milky Way.

2MASS/J. CARPENTER, T. H. JARRETT & R. HURT

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  1. Timothy C. Beers is at the Kitt Peak National Observatory and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA.,

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