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Searching for cosmic dawn: Hunting (but not yet finding) the very first galaxies

May 30, 2013 Ron Cowen

Searching for cosmic dawn: Hunting (but not yet finding) the very first galaxies

Galaxies more than 13 billion years ago noted. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Ellis, UDF 2012 Team
Galaxies more than 13 billion years ago noted. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Ellis, UDF 2012 Team
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Ron Cowen

Award-winning science writer with a passionate interest in the intersection of popular culture and the physical sciences. Articles include features and news stories on the earliest known recorded sounds, an essay on Hubble Space Telescope photography and evidence suggesting the universe is a hologram.

Dubbed “the scoop machine,” by the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, Ron has been published in National Geographic, Nature, The New York Times, Science, Science News, Scientific American, and US News & World Report.

To get in touch with Ron, email him at roncowen [at] msn.com.