, corresponding to a critical period in the universe’s history when galaxies were forming stars at a significantly higher rate.</p></li>
<li><p>Extinction-corrected cosmic star formation rate is given below. Extinction refers to the process by which starlight is absorbed and scattered by dust and gas in galaxies, making it appear fainter and altering the observed spectrum. This is also Eqn. 1 in <a class="reference external" href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.04531.pdf">Belczynski et al. 2016</a>. Also refe