Bridging the gap between the cosmic microwave background and the first galaxies
One of the Holy Grails in cosmology is a look back at the earliest epochs of cosmic history. Unfortunately, the universe's ...
Scientists Think Radiation from Micro-Black Holes May Have Shaped the Early Universe
Primordial black holes are the earliest black holes thought to exist, and they vanished almost as fast as they came into ...
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Stony Brook scientists on team capturing 'baby pictures' of the universe's cosmic light with advanced telescope
Over five years, the highly sensitive telescope was used to observe the "cosmic microwave background radiation" that permeates the universe — or "afterglow" light following the Big Bang ...
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A lighthouse galaxy shines unexpectedly through the fog of the cosmic dawn
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has been operational since 2022, was designed specifically to capture starlight from the cosmic dawn ... and how radiation travels through ...
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Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe
Measurements of the faint afterglow of the Big Bang (known as the cosmic microwave background) are also important. They do not directly measure dark energy or how it evolves, but they provide clue ...