Black Hills researchers resume mile-deep, star-making experiments

Black Hills researchers resume mile-deep, star-making experiments

Dan Robertson a research professor at the University of Notre Dame is the technical coordinator for CASPAR, and one of the principal investigators on the project. Here Robertson looks at the plasma container for CASPAR where the beam originates. (Courtesy of Matthew Kapust)Astrophysicists believe the universe began with hydrogen, helium and a trace of lithium.Every other atom — from the iron in our blood to the silicon in our cellphones — was fo…