Astronomers are hoping to see the very first stars and galaxies in the Universe

Sometimes it’s easy being an astronomer. When your celestial target is something simple and bright, the game can be pretty straightforward: point your telescope at the thing and just wait for all the juicy photons to pour on in.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Astronomers are hoping to see the very first stars and galaxies in the Universe

Sometimes it’s easy being an astronomer. When your celestial target is something simple and bright, the game can be pretty straightforward: point your telescope at the thing and just wait for all the juicy photons to pour on in.

more…

With what? Checks link. 21 cm hydrogen line. Massively redshifted.

Not the James Webb.

With the Square Kilometre Array. “Current observatories like the Murchison Widefield Array in Western Australia are laying all the necessary groundwork. Including delivering 200 TB of data in its first pass”. Nice.