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=== NASA's work === The [[ARCADE|Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission]] (ARCADE) is a device designed to observe the transition out of the "cosmic dark ages" as the first stars ignite in nuclear fusion and the [[universe]] begins to resemble its current form.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARCADE β Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, Diffuse Emission |url=https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/arcade/ |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=asd.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref> ARCADE consists of 7 precision [[radiometer]]s carried to an altitude of over 35 km (21 miles) by a [[Research balloon|scientific research balloon]]. The device measures the tiny heating of the early [[universe]] by the first generation of stars and galaxies to form after the [[Big Bang]].
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