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May 15, 2013

Ground-Breaking Science And Spectacular Cosmic Images from PAPER
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2013
Scientific studies done with the "PAPER" array, one of the world-class scientific instruments in South Africa's Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve, are producing ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images, resulting in several important articles in top astronomy journals. The primary goal of PAPER (Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization) is to detect emission from the neutral gas that pervaded the universe before the first galaxies and black holes were formed. This 'epoch of reio ... read more

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