• DOI:10.1126/science.1213581
Corpus ID: 2434386

Detection of Pristine Gas Two Billion Years After the Big Bang

@article{Fumagalli2011DetectionOP,
  title={Detection of Pristine Gas Two Billion Years After the Big Bang},
  author={M. Fumagalli and J. O’Meara and J. Prochaska},
  journal={Science},
  year={2011},
  volume={334},
  pages={1245 - 1249}
}

• M. Fumagalli, J. O’Meara, J. Prochaska
• Published 2011
• Physics, Medicine
• Science

Two cosmic clouds have been observed with a composition close to that of the universe before the first stars were formed. In the current cosmological model, only the three lightest elements were created in the first few minutes after the Big Bang; all other elements were produced later in stars. To date, however, heavy elements have been observed in all astrophysical environments. We report the detection of two gas clouds with no discernible elements heavier than hydrogen. These systems exhibit… Expand

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