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New Study Challenges Understanding of Universe's Dawn

  • A new study challenges the understanding of what ended the 'Cosmic Dark Age'.
  • Scientists previously believed winds from exploding stars helped clear cosmic fog, but new findings show they block radiation.
  • The study suggests astronomers may need to rethink a major aspect of cosmological evolution.
  • The research focuses on events around 400,000 years after the Big Bang when the universe cooled enough to form atoms.
  • The Hubble Space Telescope provided observations that led to this surprising discovery.
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