File:NASA-WMAP-first-stars.jpg

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Artist's impression of the first stars, 400 million years after the Big Bang

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English: Artist's concept of the first stars in the Universe turning on. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data reveals that this era occurred 200 million years after the Big Bang, much earlier that many scientists had suspected.
Date circa 2006
date QS:P,+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/fuse_fossil_galaxies.html (image link)
Author NASA/WMAP Science Team

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current13:18, 23 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:18, 23 September 20205,333 × 3,000 (4.24 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs)Full resolution version from NASA.
13:55, 20 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 13:55, 20 January 2007533 × 300 (75 KB)Rursus (talk | contribs)Animation frame: The first stars in the Universe turn on at about 400 million years after the Big bang. WMAP data reveals the era. Acknowledgement: NASA/WMAP Science Team.

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