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Frontiers explores new ideas in science, meeting the researchers who see the world through fresh eyes and challenge existing theories - as well as hearing from their critics. Many such developments create new ethical and moral questions and Frontiers is not afraid to consider these.
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LISTEN AGAIN 30 min |
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"After the Big Bang which set in train time, space and matter, there was a dark age - a stretch of 100 million gloomy years which persisted until the first lights came on. The lights on the first Christmas Tree - before the stars and galaxies we know today came into being - were phenomenally large protostars. With a mass - or weight - around 100 times greater than our own Sun and occupying a vastly greater volume of space. So far, no visual trace of these megastars has been found. But, as you'll hear, we could be on the very threshold of finding it."
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The First Stars
The very first stars in the universe died a long time before astronomers could get a look at them. Billions of years after the last of these first stars expired , telescopes are finally tracking them down. Peter Evans uncovers new research into how the transition from dark to light came about - and how this dramatic event has changed the course of cosmic history. |
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