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The Lights of Cosmic Dawn

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Light from the first stars and quasars appeared millions of years after the Big Bang, but some of it arrives at Earth every day, 14 billion years later. Astronomer Alan Dressler discusses what scientists have been able to see of the universe’s cosmic beginnings and how ambitious new telescopes and techniques might improve the view in the future.

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