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The Universal Chronicle (Part 3): The Clearing of the Heavens — Recombination, the Cosmic Microwave Background, and the Dark Ages

For 380,000 years, the universe was an impenetrable fog of blinding plasma. When temperature dropped to 3,000 Kelvin, electrons bound to protons,...

Oct 30, 2026 (updated Nov 1, 2026) • 12 min read