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Harry Baker

1st supernovas may have flooded the early universe with water — making life possible just 100 million years after the Big Bang

An artist's impression of an ancient supernova.

When the cosmos' first stars exploded in spectacular supernovas, they may have unleashed enormous amounts of water that flooded the early universe — and potentially made life possible just millions of years after the Big Bang, new simulations suggest.

However, this theory clashes with our current understanding of cosmic evolution and will be extremely difficult to prove.

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