‘Astounding’ Findings Pin Down Age of Universe, Birth of First Stars
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Tue, 2003-02-11 00:00.
Astronomers announced today a slew of remarkable findings about the early cosmos, including a firm determination of the age of the universe and the discovery of when the first stars were born.
The discoveries, based on an all-sky map that is like a baby picture of the universe, were detailed at a NASA press conference. They provide the strongest support to date for the Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe and a sub-notion within that theory that asserts that “hyperinflation” ruled during the first seconds.
The results come from measurements of radiation emitted before there were any stars.