26 April 2017
Cold Spot in CMB could be evidence for a multiverse
... it was initially given, say researchers. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is radiation left over from the Big Bang that permeates the whole of the sky. It is the oldest light in the universe, dating back to the epoch...
22 November 2017
JWST completes crucial cryogenic test
... light is especially important as it will help reveal the first stars and galaxies that formed after the Big Bang. It is also at infrared wavelengths that researchers are able to peer inside dust enshrouded clouds to 'see' the birth...
30 November 2018
All of the starlight ever produced calculated by scientists
... epoch],” concludes Ajello. “Perhaps one day we will find a way to look all the way back to the Big Bang. This is our ultimate goal." This map of the entire sky shows the location of 739 blazars used...
16 May 2018
Astronomers find stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang
... billion years old, so around 500 million years after the Big Bang, but naturally to reach a stage of emitting oxygen they ...dawn” – a period of total darkness that followed after the Big Bang. “Determining when cosmic dawn occurred is akin to the Holy...
March 2017
Planetary nebulae may hold clue in search of helium-3
...factor of five higher than what it was after the big bang nucleosynthesis. Scientists have a problem with how much 3He should...from the ISM are approximately twice that of the Big Bang nucleosythesis value, implying that the 3He abundance has increased...
28 December 2016
Discrepancies in data suggest less dark matter now than after the big bang
... of, scientists studying the quantity of this elusive substance have found that in the days immediately after the Big Bang, the proportion of unstable particles in the composition of dark matter was no more than 2 - 5 percent. According to data from...
