Now astronomers are ready to start poking at some fundamental truths about the universe, from the formation of the first stars and galaxies to what makes the cosmos tick. (sciencenews.org)
Now, cosmologists using CMB maps from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite have pinned down the timing for one key event in that story — the end of the universe's «Dark Ages,» the epoch that lies between the CMB's creation and the formation of the first stars. (scientificamerican.com)
«With future gravitational wave experiments, we'll be able to look back to a time before the formation of the first stars. (sciencedaily.com)