12 Feb
2003
12 Feb
'03
10:27 a.m.
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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:12:03 -0600 Subject: The Oldest Light in the Universe Content-Type: text
NASA Science News for February 11, 2003
A NASA satellite has taken a picture of the Big Bang's ancient afterglow. Scientists have analyzed the data and learned that the universe is 13.7 billon years old (plus or minus 1 percent)and that the first stars appeared only 200 million years after the Big Bang. These results are a milestone in cosmology, says the NASA director of astronomy and physics.
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/11feb_map.htm?list13497
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