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Showing posts with label Atom of Hydrogen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atom of Hydrogen. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Seeing the Birth of the Universe in an Atom of Hydrogen


Stars can unveil the history of our universe, Currently Estimated to be 14 billion years old. The beyond away the star, the older it is - and the oldest stars are the most difficult to detect. Current telescopes can only see galaxies About 700 million years old, and Only When the galaxy is unusually large or as the result of a big event like a stellar explosion.

Now, an international team of scientists led by researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a method for detecting galaxies of stars That Formed When the universe was in its infancy,