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Four Years On, New Experiment Sees No Sign of ‘Cosmic Dawn’

By Ben Brubaker
February 28, 2022
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When astronomers tried to confirm a signal from the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang, they saw nothing.

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astrophysics

The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works.

By Natalie Wolchover
December 3, 2021
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The James Webb Space Telescope has the potential to rewrite the history of the cosmos and reshape humanity’s position within it. But first, a lot of things have to work just right.

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How the Cosmic Dark Ages Snuffed Out All Light

By Dana Najjar
March 2, 2020
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The recent discovery of some of the first galaxies in the universe illuminates the darkest era in cosmic history.

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Whisper From the First Stars Sets Off Loud Dark Matter Debate

By Liz Kruesi
March 29, 2018
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A surprise discovery announced a month ago suggested that the early universe looked very different than previously believed. Initial theories that the discrepancy was due to dark matter have come under fire.

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Earliest Black Hole Gives Rare Glimpse of Ancient Universe

By Joshua Sokol
December 6, 2017
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It weighs as much as 780 million suns and helped to cast off the cosmic Dark Ages. But now that astronomers have found the earliest known black hole, they wonder: How could this giant have grown so big, so fast?

Light from the first galaxies clears the universe.
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Discoveries Fuel Fight Over Universe’s First Light

By Ashley Yeager
May 19, 2017
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A series of observations at the very edge of the universe has reignited a debate over what lifted the primordial cosmic fog.

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A Seeker of Dark Matter’s Hidden Light

By Joshua Sokol
September 1, 2016
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The astrophysicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe — and perhaps in hiding places closer to home.

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