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A unique Astrophysics experiment is set to take place at the Skinakas Observatory, Crete, and the South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, South Africa, aiming to clear the path towards the detection of the imprint on primordial light of the moment of creation of the Universe.Called PASIPHAE (Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarization High-Accuracy Experiment), the experiment will map, with unprecedented accuracy, the polarization of millions of stars at areas of the sky away from the Galactic plane, in both the Northern and the Southern hemispheres, and use this information to locate the best regions of the sky where astronomers can look for information from the early Universe.

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Brandon Hensley
Origin of the Universe