Astronomers have released the clearest and most detailed images ever of the universe when it was just a baby—only 380,000 years old.
The images come from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) located in Chile, and show the brightness and polarization of the earliest light in detail.
Scientists confirmed the accuracy of the current model of the universe and the age of 13.8 billion years through the study of the cosmic microwave background (CMB).
The data supports a slower rate of universe expansion and provides vital insights into the formation of complex structures in the universe.