Astronomers Found the Ancient Light Source That Literally Turned On the Universe

Popular Mechanics ^ | 11 Jul 2024 | DARREN ORF

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While the “Epoch of Reionization” sounds like the title of a sci-fi novel destined for a Hugo award, this very real era of the universe featured the first light from the very first stars. Before this epoch, the universe was nothing more than a dark void filled with a fog of primordial hydrogen gas—and then, suddenly, there was light.

For decades, scientists have searched for a source of radiation powerful enough to have cleared away this fog and introduced light into the universe. Now, an international team of scientists have analyzed the first faintest galaxies ...

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Let There Be Light

[timestax]

bttt

[Fzob]

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

[Telepathic Intruder]

The CMBR was technically the first light, even though it had redshifted to below human visibility by this time.

[ClearCase_guy]

[MayflowerMadam]

“Ancient Light Source” = God.

[bwest]

And this is the evidence.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

They found God?

Catholic Tabernacle?

[SunkenCiv]

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[lurk]

I got my pre-supposition in this hand, and my telescope in my other hand.

We’ve not found either the center or the edges of this universe thing yet.

[MortMan]

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Click!

[DoodleBob]

a dark void filled with a fog of primordial hydrogen gas

[Celtic Conservative]

🤣🤣🤣

[oldtech]

I think the story out of the Bible tells it all. It just takes some people a long time to believe that information. The exact methods used is not explained of course, but just know that God says he caused it to be. If a person can believe that, then it goes a long way toward making the rest of the marvelous creation story believable. Disbelieve it & little else in the Bible will make sense.

[Stosh]

This is from “Popular Mechanics:? - sounds more like something one would find in “Popular Quantum Mechanics”.

[telescope115]

Years ago I went to a presentation in which the presenter was spewing some New Age crap about how the Light of Heaven was seen behind the Horsehead Nebula.
It was kind of entertaining, a little humorous, but in the end all the guy wanted was donations. I don’t remember much of it, and I do wish now that I had kept his slick brochure. I did NOT contribute any dollars to his cause…

[telescope115]

I was thinking of Popular Science . LOL

[telescope115]

LOL, I would substitute methane for hydrogen…

[Magnum44]

[NorthMountain]

I think the story out of the Bible tells it all.

No ... it tells "Who" and "why". Doesn't say a word about "how".

"How" is the realm of the natural sciences.