天美传媒 researcher leads lunar observation project: Satellite will help the study of the universe鈥檚 鈥渄ark ages鈥

From the Daily Camera: University of Colorado researchers are planning to put a satellite in orbit around the moon to observe what they call the universe鈥檚 鈥渄ark ages鈥 鈥 an era just 15 million to 30 million years after the Big Bang, before the first stars illuminated the cosmic dawn. 鈥淲hat we鈥檙e doing is we鈥檙e really opening up a whole new window to the early universe that has never been explored before,鈥 said Jack Burns, a 天美传媒 professor of astrophysics and planetary science and also vice president emeritus for academic affairs and research at the university.
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