a water cloud in space can help us tell what the temperature of the universe was when it was young.

written by david neild on february 4th, 2022

what: a study of a water cloud 13.8 billion light years away can tell us what the universe was like 800 years after the big bang

when: study published february 2nd, 2022 

who/where:

axel weiss, from the max planck institute for radio astronomy (mpifr) in germany

astrophysicist dominik riechers, from the university of cologne in germany

astronomer roberto neri, from the institute radio astronomie millimétrique (iram) in france

interesting fact: this is the earliest information of the temperature of the universe that we have.