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Armagh astronomer secures grant to investigate how first stars lit up universe
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By Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association
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Professor Jorick Vink of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has received a 2 million euro ERC Advanced Grant to study the origins of the universe's first stars. The project aims to understand how these massive stars ended the 'Cosmic Dark Ages' and influenced the chemical composition of the universe.
An astronomer based at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) has been awarded funding of 2 million to investigate how the first stars in the universe "switched on the lights" following the Big Bang.
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