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CU astrophysicist, binary star expert, clinches 2nd ERC Grant
            
            
            
            
            
            
       
           
          
                                               
                 
                 
                  
                 
                    
            
            Written by                        Jan Velinger
                        
            
                                  
                 
                                  
              
      
      
                 
            
            
            
            
                
                
            
            
                
                                 
                
                    Monday, 13 January 2025 10:50                
                                
                             
            
                        “I'm interested, among other things, in how materials mix inside stars that are physically close to one another,” says CU Associate Professor Ondřej Pejcha. He will launch a prestigious ERC Consolidator project worth 2.3 million euros.
It has been more than three years since scientists used the LIGO system or Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory for the first time in history directly observe gravitational waves. The stunning discovery confirmed predictions Albert Einstein made with his theory of general relativity almost a hundred years earlier.
 
                         
                         
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                    