Scientists are peering into the universe's mysterious Cosmic Dawn using the faint whispers of hydrogen radio waves emitted over 13 billion years ago. These signals, particularly the elusive 21-centimeter signal, offer rare insights into the masses and be
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T. Gessey-Jones, N. S. Sartorio, H. T. J. Bevins, A. Fialkov, W. J. Handley, E. de Lera Acedo, G. M. Mirouh, R. G. Izzard, R. Barkana.Determination of the mass distribution of the first stars from the 21-cm signal.Nature Astronomy, 2025; DOI:10.1038/s41550-025-02575-x