 Population II star

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Codex  0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14

A Population II star is an old metal-poor star formed from gas enriched by earlier stellar generations. Metal and dust cooling let enriched gas fragment to lower masses than primordial gas under otherwise comparable conditions.

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