LYMAN-$\alpha$ FOREST OBSERVATION

They also considered different types of telescopes that can see the light coming from far-away stars and galaxies. These telescopes are like high-powered binoculars that help us study the universe.

Technical definition

A technique that analyzes the absorption lines in the spectra of distant quasars, generated by neutral gas and used to probe large-scale structure and galaxy evolution.

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