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Nuclear fusion: Powering the stars and life on Earth
Nuclear fusion has been fueling stars and creating almost all of the chemical elements in the Universe over the last 13 billion years. But how does fusion in stars work? And when...
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Our Universe Revealed: Physics for Everyone, “The Most Beautiful Theory…..So Far”
Science and its theories can provide clues to the fundamentals of the Universe and questions including, “What are we made of?” Starting from the general ideas of ancient time...
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Our Universe Revealed: Physics for Everyone “A Galactic Archaeological Road Trip with the Keck Observatory Telescopes”
The Keck telescopes have taken astronomers to the most remote neighborhoods of our galaxy, peppered with mini-galaxies-within-a-galaxy that are sparsely populated with just...
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Why Physics (Still) Lacks Diversity
The lack of diversity in physics is a known problem, and yet efforts to change our demographics have only had minor effects during recent decades. What do we mean by...
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Born from the Stars
The Universe is big – bigger than we can often comprehend. From the extremely large galaxies, stars and planets, to the incredibly small, with intricate structure inside every...
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Measuring the Heavens: How to Build an Instrument to Study the Cosmos
We’ve all seen the stunning astronomical images taken using telescopes on the ground and in space. But have you ever wondered just how did we take those images? How did we...
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Galactic Archaeology
Similar to archeologists uncovering artifacts to study ancient civilizations, or paleontologists using fossil fragments to reconstruct the dinosaurs, astronomers observe the night...
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Fighting to Explore Our Universe
The work of Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin Crepp could lead to the discovery of worlds similar to our own and revolutionize our understanding of the universe. For centuries,...
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