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A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes

Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold. Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes.

A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes

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Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold.

Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes.

To read that record, an international team turned to 15 small, remote galaxies whose chemistry has changed very little, preserving a composition close to that of the early [...]

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Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold. Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes. To read that record, an international team turned to 15 small, remote galaxies whose chemistry has changed very little, preserving a composition close to that of the early [...]

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