Cosmic Dawn: Real Moment Of Creation?January 25, 2016

Forget the big bang. The real moment of creation was the Cosmic Dawn - the moment of first light. This is the scientific version of the story of Genesis. The big bang gets all the credit for creating our universe. But in fact, the universe it gave was dark and boring. But after a hundred million years of nothing, came a dramatic moment of transformation - the Cosmic Dawn. It’s the moment the first stars were born, the moment that lit up the Universe, and made the first structure and the first ingredients of life. This was the real moment of creation. This program explores how astronomers are now trying to witness the cosmic dawn.

Cosmic Dawn: Real Moment Of Creation? was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 12 December 2017, 05:30. This episode was initially placed on Monday 25 January 2016.