/ness/ en /ness/2018/02/28/astronomers-detect-ancient-signal-first-stars-universe <span>Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-02-28T08:17:31-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 08:17">Wed, 02/28/2018 - 08:17</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/astronomers_detect_ancient_signal_from_first_stars_in_universe.jpg?h=37c9611e&amp;itok=7mDO8Al2" width="1200" height="800" alt="Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/6"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/334" hreflang="en">EDGES project</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/240" hreflang="en">Early Universe</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/astronomers_detect_ancient_signal_from_first_stars_in_universe.jpg?itok=WNhRR-DZ" width="1500" height="1159" alt="Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><strong>From 91福利社 Today:&nbsp;</strong>For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe. Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, the researchers discovered that ancient suns were active within 180 million years of the Big Bang.</p><p>The astronomers, from Arizona State University (ASU), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Colorado&nbsp;91福利社, made the discovery with their Experiment to Detect the Global EoR (Epoch of Reionization) Signature (<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://www.haystack.mit.edu/ast/arrays/Edges/" rel="nofollow">EDGES</a>) project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). They reported their findings in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature25792" rel="nofollow">March 1 issue of&nbsp;<em>Nature</em></a>.</p><p>"The EDGES experiment measures the tiny perturbation in the radio spectrum due to the appearance of the first stars and galaxies in the Universe,鈥� said Raul Monsalve, a postdoctoral researcher at 91福利社鈥檚 Network for Exploration and Space Science (NESS) and a co-author of the new study. 鈥淲e have detected an absorption feature consistent with the formation of the first generations of stars 180 million years after the big bang." <a href="/today/2018/02/28/astronomers-detect-ancient-signal-first-stars-universe" rel="nofollow">Read more...</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:17:31 +0000 Anonymous 546 at /ness