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Ancient Universe “warmed up” before it “lit up”, ICRAR researchers find

Astronomers hunting for evidence of the light from the first stars and galaxies have found that the Universe was warm, rather than cold, before it “lit up”

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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

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The image of the radio sky (background) is the 'cleanest' signal ever produced using data from the Murchison Widefield Array (foreground).

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Credit: Nunhokee et al/ICRAR/Curtin University


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