September 1, 2025 4:05 PM
Tiny computer to play big role in unlocking secrets of cosmic dawn
A compact single-board computer (SBC), no larger than a credit card, is set to play a crucial role in probing one of the most mysterious epochs in the history of the universe—the Cosmic Dawn, when the first stars and galaxies began to form. Researchers at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have developed a laboratory model of a digital receiver system for PRATUSH (Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Sig...