On the hunt for the universe's first ever stars: Upgraded Australian radio telescope narrows in on the elusive, 13 billion-year-old signal that preceded the 'cosmic dawn'

In the arid desert of Western Australia, near Perth, astronomers are on the hunt for evidence of the universe's first-ever stars. To do this, they are …


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