the big bang
noun
: a huge explosion that is believed to have happened when the universe began
a few billion years after the big bang
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Until now, these faraway colossal radio jets released not long after the big bang have been elusive, mostly escaping detection, and how they are created remains an enigma, according to Gloudemans.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The telescope, which gathers images of stars and galaxies created soon after the big bang, took 20 years to develop and build.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
The blasts are so powerful that the only cosmic event larger in magnitude has been the big bang that sparked the dawn of the universe.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Webb has not only pushed back the tape of galaxy formation, but even mainstream observational astronomers now realize that their models need updating to explain what Webb has been seeing only 300 million years after the big bang.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The telescope, which gathers images of stars and galaxies created soon after the big bang, took 20 years to develop and build.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
The blasts are so powerful that the only cosmic event larger in magnitude has been the big bang that sparked the dawn of the universe.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Webb has not only pushed back the tape of galaxy formation, but even mainstream observational astronomers now realize that their models need updating to explain what Webb has been seeing only 300 million years after the big bang.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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