Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved
- Written by Karl Glazebrook, Director & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
An artist's rendering of how the first stars in the universe may have looked.
N.R. Fuller, National Science Foundation
A signal caused by the very first stars to form in the universe has been picked up by a tiny but highly specialised radio telescope in the remote Western Australian desert.
Details of the detection are revealed in a paper published...