Let There Be Light.
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| Title: | Let There Be Light. (cover story) |
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| Authors: | Lemonick, Michael D. |
| Source: | TIME Magazine. 9/4/2006, Vol. 168 Issue 10, p42-51. 7p. 6 Color Photographs. |
| Subjects: | Ellis, Richard S. (Richard Salisbury), 1950-, Galaxies, Astronomical observations, Big bang theory, Space telescopes, Space exploration |
| Abstract: | The article offers a look at the attempt of astronomer Richard Ellis to observe the galaxy farthest away from Earth through telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea, an extinct volcano in Hawaii. The light of this galaxy, which started its journey to Earth half a billion years after the Big Bang, helps scientists study the Dark Ages of outer space. |
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| Abstract: | The article offers a look at the attempt of astronomer Richard Ellis to observe the galaxy farthest away from Earth through telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea, an extinct volcano in Hawaii. The light of this galaxy, which started its journey to Earth half a billion years after the Big Bang, helps scientists study the Dark Ages of outer space. |
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| ISSN: | 0040781X |
