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Primordial Helium

Posted by michael on from the balloons-for-everyone dept.

smk writes: "NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite has given astronomers their best glimpse yet at the ghostly cobweb of helium gas left over from the big bang, which underlies the universe's structure. The helium is not found in galaxies or stars but spread thinly through the vastness of space. The helium traces the architecture of the universe back to very early times."

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  1. Bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    bad artists' rendering.
    bad science.
    bad telescope (thank your congressman for putting a shitty mirror in it -- the "eyeglasses" for focusing the hubble reduce its effectiveness by 40%)
    bad cut & paste by the original poster.
    lame first post by me.
    bad all around.