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From: Avi Loeb <subscriptions@medium.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 at 10:00
Subject: Our Cosmic Roots
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My correspondence with David Epstein started with an email inquiry: Our Cosmic Roots Avi Loeb   ∙   October 26, 2026   ∙   7 min read   ∙   View on Medium Snapshot from the Illustris computer simulation, showing a massive galaxy cluster at the center, intertwined with filaments that feed it with dark matter (blue) and gas (orange) like the roots of a tree trunk. (Image credit: Illustris Collaboration) My correspondence with David Epstein started with an email inquiry: “Dear Avi, What caught my attention about your book “How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?” is the challenge of reconstructing the universe’s earliest luminous structures from evidence that has traveled across billions of years. Understanding how the first stars emerged from an initially dark universe, and how their formation transformed the surrounding gas and enabled galaxies to develop, connects some of cosmology’s most fundamental questions about cosmic origins and evolution. I’m a science journalist and author, and I’m interested in how scientists reconstruct events that cannot be observed… Continue reading Continue reading this story on Medium. Sent to zvagoman@gmail.com by Avi Loeb on Medium Unsubscribe from this writer's email notifications Manage your email settings 3500 South DuPont Highway, Suite IQ-101, Dover, DE 19901 Careers·Help Center·Privacy Policy·Terms of service