Surprisingly chaotic early universe had supersonic turbulence

Surprisingly chaotic early universe had supersonic turbulence

This is a simulated 3D view of clumps of gas in the center of a dark matter mini-halo. A new study in Taiwan said the chaotic early universe experienced supersonic turbulence in its star-forming clouds. Image via Chen et al./ The Astrophysical Journal Letters (CC BY-SA 4.0). What was the early universe like? Astronomers thought the first stars were gigantic and drifted in isolation in relatively calm clouds of gas. But the first star-forming cl…