Closing in on the first light in the Universe - EurekAlert

Closing in on the first light in the Universe - EurekAlert
The early Universe was dark, filled with a hot soup of opaque particles. These condensed to form neutral hydrogen which coalesced to form the first stars in what astronomers call the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). “Finding the weak signal of this first light …
image: Dr Christene Lynch at the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), which consists of 4096 antennas arranged as "tiles".view more  Credit: Dr Christene Lynch The early Universe was dark, filled with … [+3616 chars] Read More



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