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Water Formed Soon After Big Bang, Study Reveals

3/7/2025

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New research led by Dr. Daniel Whalen reveals a groundbreaking timeline: water may have formed in the universe just 100-200 million years after the Big Bang, much sooner than scientists thought. This discovery suggests that supernovae generated oxygen, which mingled with hydrogen to create water, paving the way for habitable planets even before the first galaxies appeared.

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New research led by Dr. Daniel Whalen reveals a groundbreaking timeline: water may have formed in the universe just 100-200 million years after the Big Bang, much sooner than scientists thought. This discovery suggests that supernovae generated oxygen, which mingled with hydrogen to create water, paving the way for habitable planets even before the first galaxies appeared.