A 9-billion-year-old signal could help explain dark energy

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A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited way to map the distant universe can actually work.

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  • A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited way to map the distant universe can actually work.
  • Reported by ScienceDaily and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:53:28 UTC.

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