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Amazing Plasmas
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Publisher: Space Science Institute
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This exhibit from the Space Weather Center explains what plasmas are and what forms they take on Earth and in space. It contains many helpful images and two games on magnetism and…
http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/amazing_plasmas/01/01.html
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Stellar Evolution
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Publisher: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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This Chandra X-Ray Observatory page links to several activities and articles on stellar evolution. It includes an interactive Flash activity featuring simulations of different-mass…
https://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/
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Death Star: A Bad Day In the Milky Way
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This PBS article describes gamma-ray bursts and how they were discovered. It also explains what would happen to the Earth should a gamma-ray burst strike it.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/milkyway.html
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WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars
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This NASA site describes how stars live and die. It explains stellar life on the "main sequence" and includes links to four different ways a star can die. Images illustrate stellar…
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
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Spectra
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J. Kaler
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See this site, from the University of Illinois, for a broad overview of the spectra of stars and other astronomical objects. You can find out about many related subjects, including…
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/spectra.html
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Footloose
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Publisher: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
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This Smithsonian article is about astronaut Bruce McCandless' untethered spacewalk in 1984. Both McCandless and pilot photographer Robert Gibson were interviewed for the piece, which…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/footloose-82112792/
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What would it look like to fall into a black hole?
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This NewScientist article covers the simulation research of two University of Colorado physicists on what an unfortunate person falling into a black hole would see. The article…
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16885-what-would-it-look-like-to-...
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Cosmic Evolution - From Big Bang to Humankind
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E. Chaisson; Publisher: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University
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This comprehensive site features excerpts from Eric Chaisson’s book "Cosmic Evolution" and offers images, movies, and text. The seven sections include galaxy formation, the birth and…
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.htm...
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High Energy Astrophysics Picture of the Week
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M. Corcoran
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Each week this NASA/Goddard/Smithsonian site provides a new high energy astrophysics image, (captured in the extreme ultraviolet, x-rays, or gamma rays). You can get information…
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/heapow.html
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The Interstellar Medium
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Experimental Space Plasma Group
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This online tutorial from the University of New Hampshire gives an overview of the interstellar medium. The tutorial describes what and where the interstellar medium is, how it is…
http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/ism/
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