astrophysics, epoch of reionisation, light, murchison widefield array, stars, universemachine

And Then There Was Light: Looking for the First Stars in the Universe

Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been traveling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the first stars. In a paper on the preprint site arXiv, soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team led by Dr. Nichole Barry from Australia’s University ...

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Dr. Nichole Barry at The Murchison Widefield Array.