Evidence item

The result demonstrates a detection capability that enables future expansion studies, rather than measuring cosmic expansion itself. DIRECT_TEXT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 25055

Source: Canadian telescope directly maps earliest glow of hydrogen, opening a new window on the universe · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:16c78e5761125a736e2b04c991aebcba89d80484c2a529f0b2e71d0b278f2350

The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of the glow of hydrogen from when the universe was about five billion years old, paving the way for new studies of cosmic expansion and dark energy. ... The finding ... was based on 94 nights of observation data collected in 2019.