Los Angeles Times Ancient gas clouds offer snapshot of early cosmic history Norman Transcript By Lisa M. Krieger AP SAN JOSE, Calif. — For the first time, astronomers have detected ancient and pristine clouds of primordial gas, conceived when the universe was a very young, dark and lonely place.

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