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Sharmila Kuthunur

Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought

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When did life as we know it first emerge in the universe?

We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and new simulations suggest the very first generation of stars helped form such life-giving water just 100 million to 200 million years after the Big Bang. This pushes back previous estimates by more than 500 million years.

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