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Water Formed Soon After Big Bang, Study Reveals

3/3/2025

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In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at the University of Portsmouth revealed that water may have formed just 100-200 million years after the Big Bang, far sooner than previously believed. Their simulations indicate that supernova explosions generated oxygen, which mingled with hydrogen to create water, hinting that the building blocks for life emerged in the universe's infancy.

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In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at the University of Portsmouth revealed that water may have formed just 100-200 million years after the Big Bang, far sooner than previously believed. Their simulations indicate that supernova explosions generated oxygen, which mingled with hydrogen to create water, hinting that the building blocks for life emerged in the universe's infancy.