acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

ACM News

Astronomers Detect Light from the ­niverse's First Stars


View as: Print Mobile App Share:
Radio telescope, Western Australia

A radio telescope in Western Australia has detected a sign of the light from the Universe's first stars.

Credit: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Astronomers have for the first time spotted long-sought signals of light from the earliest stars ever to form in the Universe—around 180 million years after the Big Bang.

From Nature
View Full Article


 

No entries found

Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account