"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness." ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

In a cosmic first, astronomers have spotted the earliest signs of rocky planet formation around a young star. The discovery ...

The discovery of such a star gives new clues to this early time. Nature - Elements heavier than helium are ... C. Relic of the dawn of time. Nature 419, 886–887 (2002). https ...

JWST was designed, in part, to peer into the cosmic dawn and try to see what lurks therein. It's been very successful, revealing all sorts of surprises about this crucial time in the formation of ...

How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe. News. By Keith Cooper published 18 June 2024 ...

Before the cosmic microwave background formed about 380,000 years after the Big Bang, most ordinary matter (as opposed to dark matter) was in the form of hydrogen and helium plasma—a stew of ...