First stars, galaxies formed more rapidly than expected
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
Analysis of data from the National Science Foundation's South Pole Telescope, for the first time, more precisely defines the period of cosmological evolution when the first stars and galaxies formed and gradually illuminated the universe.
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