Saturday, November 9, 2019

Ancient gas cloud reveals universe's first stars formed quickly

The discovery of a 13 billion-year-old cosmic cloud of gas enabled a team of astronomers to perform the earliest-ever measurement of how the universe was enriched with a diversity of chemical elements. Their findings reveal that the first generation of stars formed more quickly than previously thought.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/33y4DqK

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Satellites spot rapid “Doomsday Glacier” collapse

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