Measuring helium in distant galaxies may give physicists insight into why the universe exists
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Physicists believe that just one second after the Big Bang, the nuclei of light elements like hydrogen and helium began to form.
New measurements from Japan's Subaru telescope have helped researchers study the matter-antimatter asymmetry problem. Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via GettyWhen theoretical physicists like myself say that we’re studying why the universe exists, we sound like philosophers. But new data collected by researchers using Japan’s Subaru telescope has revealed insights into that very question. Japan’s Subaru telescope, located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Panoramio/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND The Big Bang
When theoretical physicists like myself say that we’re studying why the universe exists, we sound like philosophers. But new data collected by researchers using Japan’s Subaru telescope has revealed insights into that very question.
New helium measurements in distant galaxies could provide solutions to a long-standing cosmology problem, potentially explaining why the universe isn't empty.