If this research holds water and the signal stands up to scrutiny, this is huge
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25792
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-detect-signals-from-the-very-first-stars-in-our-universe
https://www.theguardian.com/science...tect-signals-from-first-stars-in-the-universe
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/first-stars-universe-big-bang-edges-space-science/
The faint radio signals suggest the universe was lifted out of total darkness 180m years after the big bang in a momentous transition known as the cosmic dawn.
The faint imprint left by the glow of the earliest stars also appears to contain new and unexpected evidence about the existence and nature of dark matter which, if confirmed by independent observatories, would mark a second major breakthrough.
“Finding this minuscule signal has opened a new window on the early universe,” said Judd Bowman of Arizona State University, whose team set out to make the detection more than a decade ago. “It’s unlikely we’ll be able to see any earlier into the history of stars in our lifetime.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25792
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-detect-signals-from-the-very-first-stars-in-our-universe
https://www.theguardian.com/science...tect-signals-from-first-stars-in-the-universe
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/first-stars-universe-big-bang-edges-space-science/