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Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe

Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe

Artist’s rendering of the universe's first, massive stars.

For additional information on this breakthrough, NSF has produced the video
"The birth of the first stars."

For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe. Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, the researchers discovered that ancient suns were active within 180 million years of the Big Bang.

The astronomers, from ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244599&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click


This is an NSF News item.

Published February 28, 2018 at 06:03PM
Read more at nsf.gov

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