Colombian Scientists Seek to Hear the “Echo” of the Universe’s First Dawn
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Antioquia (UDEA), the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) and ECCI University, in Bogota, designed a new radio telescope to find the so-called 21-centimeter cosmological signal, also known as the signal of the origin of the universe. Their work constitutes a contribution to astronomy and their approaches […]
Colombian scientists have developed a new radio telescope designed to detect the 21-centimeter cosmological signal, also known as the signal of the origin of the universe. The team, comprised of researchers from the University of Antioquia (UDEA), the Industrial University of Santander (UIS), and ECCI University in Bogota, aimed to corroborate or rule out a previous claim made by international researchers in 2018.
According to the international Edges project, the 21-centimeter wavelength of primordial hydrogen, which is fundamental for studying the origin of the universe, was detected, indicating the period when the first stars and galaxies lit up 180 million years after the Big Bang. However, the Colombian scientists utilized a different statistical method and concluded that the signal could have been caused by electronic equipment's "noise" used to search for it.
This discovery was part of the Colombian Antarctic Telescope for 21 cm Absorption during Reionization (Cantar) project, which aims to design a compact, lightweight, and dismountable radio telescope to facilitate transportation to the South Pole.
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