CosmoCube: A Tiny Moon Mission Aims to Hear the Universe’s Dark Ages
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A UK-led project called CosmoCube, a suitcase-sized satellite, would orbit the Moon’s far side to shield from Earth’s radio noise and search for the faint 21-centimeter hydrogen signal from the cosmos before the first stars, potentially revealing how dark matter influenced the early universe; over a planned two-year mission it would accumulate about 1,000 hours of observations using a compact radiometer, with hopes to launch within five years and demonstrate low-cost cosmology from small satellites.
Topics:sciencespace#21-centimeter-cosmology#cosmocube#dark-matter#moon-far-side#radio-astronomy#space
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- Scientists hope to shed light on young universe by using far side of the moon The Guardian
- Tiny satellite will hide behind the Moon to eavesdrop on the early universe Earth.com
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