Designing A Lunar Telescope To See Into The Dark Ages

Courtesy ScienceDaily Sat, 03/15/2008 - 19:00

Scientists and engineers will study how to design a telescope on the moon for peering into the last unexplored epoch in the universe's history.

There was an interval, now called the "Dark Ages," in which the Universe was unlit by any star.

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