Astronomers on the verge of detecting “first light” (universetoday.com) 40 points by bookofjoe 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] ginko 6y ago ↗ This title was a bit confusing since "first light" is also an astronomic term for the first use of a telescope.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_light_(astronomy) [–] JohnJamesRambo 6y ago ↗ Detecting that doesn’t make sense though.
[–] ngcc_hk 6y ago ↗ The Wiki page is most confusing page I every saw, even have seconds and minutes after mix with 377k. Need some help there I think.
[–] cellular 6y ago ↗ Seems like that light would have already passed the earth by now. [–] forgotmypwd123 6y ago ↗ But it's coming from everywhere, and the universe is infinite, so if you look at a distant enough point, you'll find some light from [AGE OF THE UNIVERSE] light-years away. This is probably a horrendous misunderstanding.
[–] forgotmypwd123 6y ago ↗ But it's coming from everywhere, and the universe is infinite, so if you look at a distant enough point, you'll find some light from [AGE OF THE UNIVERSE] light-years away. This is probably a horrendous misunderstanding.
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