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1054 Supernova Petrograph
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D. Greening
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This article by Dan Greening offers a brief overview of the Crab Nebula with both historical and scientific points of view. See a photo of the Chaco Canyon 1054 supernova pictograph…
http://web.archive.org/web/20160803101432/http://www.astronomy.pomona.ed...
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Crab Nebula and Pulsar
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Publisher: Sol Company
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This article from Sol Station discusses the Crab Nebula and pulsar in detail, including historical and scientific aspects of the objects. Using the Crab Nebula and pulsar as…
http://www.solstation.com/x-objects/crab-neb.htm
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Stellar Cycles Post Assessment Activity
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This activity from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory tests knowledge of stellar evolution through a task to correctly order an image set of stars in all stages of evolution. The image…
https://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_cycle/index.html
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The Death of Stars II: High Mass Stars
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This article from the Australian Telescope National Facility describes the death of massive stars. It discusses the formation and characteristics of supernovae, hypernovae, neutron…
https://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach/education/senior/astrophysics/stellar...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Boomerang Nebula
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Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
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This Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) webpage presents an image of the Boomerang Nebula captured by the Hubble Telescope in polarized light. The webpage provides a description of…
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071228.html
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Inside Black Holes
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At this site you can see a simulation of what it's like to fall into a black hole. It happens pretty fast, but the best part is that you can step through your demise and learn a lot…
https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/intro.html
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Moments of Discovery: A Pulsar Discovery
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This online exhibit from the American Institute of Physics contains the history of the discovery of the first optical pulsar in the Crab Nebula. It includes both a transcription of…
https://history.aip.org/history/exhibits/mod/pulsar/pulsar1/01.html
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Animations & Video: Black Holes
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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At this website you can see animations or slide shows involving black holes. For instance, you can see how the tidal forces of a nearby black hole can tear a star apart, and then you…
https://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/animations/blackholes.html
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UCLA Galactic Center Group
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This page, from the Andrea Ghez group at UCLA, provides a description of the group’s work in characterizing the center of the galaxy and the supermassive black hole believed to…
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/
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Physics in Action: You are My Shining Star
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This Physics Central website describes the largest supernova ever observed, by far, and also an ominously similar star much closer to us. The site provides images of both of these…
http://www.physicscentral.org/explore/action/supernova.cfm
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