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Dawn's First Light

Posted by samzenpus on from the from-the-beginning dept.

Uosdwis writes "Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say they have detected light that may be from the earliest objects in the universe. If confirmed, the observation provides a glimpse of an era more than 13 billion years ago when, after the fading embers of the theorized Big Bang gave way to millions of years of pervasive darkness, the universe came alive."

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  1. damn.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ..the Intelligent Designer is one clever mo'fo.

  2. Re:given by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Funny
    Actually, according to Einstein's Principle of Equivalence, every and each person can define him/herself as the center of the Universe.

    And, typically does ...
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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.