Bangalore team on way to universe’s origin

In a bid to satiate the unending curiosity over the universe’s origins, an international team of scientists — including researchers from Bangalore — are building a powerful radio telescope in Australia that can look for clues of what went on when the first stars were formed.

Scientists from the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bangalore are part of this scientific mission to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Apart from the Indian team, American scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Curtin University in Australia are in efforts to build a powerful radio telescope by early next year that will allow them to see how the universe was formed.