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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-04-08 23:06:51

A nearly pristine #star from the Large Magellanic Cloud: arxiv.org/abs/2509.21643 -> A class of undergraduate students at University of Chicago has used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to discover one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that formed in a companion galaxy and migrated to the Milky Way: sdss.org/ancient-immigrant/ and carnegiescience.edu/found-most

@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-03-16 10:50:29

Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon, founded in 1732, is certified by Guinness to be the oldest, continually running book store in the world.
A quick search reveals: Osiander, founded 1596 in Tübingen. Korn und Berg 1531 in Nürnberg. Beck'sche in Vienna 1724 (but closed since 2018?), Höllrigl 1598 in Salzburg, Orell Füssli 1519 in Zürich, Cambridge University Press (and store?) 1534.
Now some of these started as print shops, but often also sold books. Anyone know a text discussing Gu…