Cosmic radio station could probe early universe from far side of the Moon
Get the Full StoryA UK startup wants to build a cosmic radio station in the Moon s orbit to listen to radio waves from the early universe. Blue Skies Space has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a fleet of tiny satellites that could orbit the Moon and listen for signals from the cosmic dark ages. That s the time before the first stars lit up, when the universe was mainly a swirling mass of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen atoms naturally emit radio waves at a very specific frequency: 1420MHz known as the hydrogen line. When you stretch that signal across This story continues at The Next WebShare: