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Artistic simulation of the lithium synthesized during the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriel Pérez, SMM (IAC)
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Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Cambridge have detected lithium in a primitive star in our galaxy. The observations were made at the VLT, at the Paranal Observatory of ESO in Chile.
More info: Journey to the Big Bang through the lithium of a Milky Way star