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Tick, Tick Pulsating Star: How we wonder what you are?

by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Tick, Tick Pulsating Star: How we wonder what you are?
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2736 views
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The discovery of pulsars, neutron stars which form when massive stars explode (supernovae), took astronomers by surprise. Their discovery is described and the way in which these bizarre objects have led to an understanding of matter under extreme con....

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The Development of Molecular Radio Astronomy and IR Techniques

by Harry Kroto
The Development of Molecular Radio Astronomy and IR Techniques
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 6617 views
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The development of molecular radio astronomy and infra red techniques and the information they yield on the composition of the interstellar medium: interstellar clouds, stellar envelopes etc.

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Optical (Electronic) Spectra From Space

by Harry Kroto
Optical (Electronic) Spectra From Space
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1896 views
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Optical (electronic) spectra from space: comets. The detection of the pulsar in the Crab Nebula. The Three Degree Background. The detection by spectroscopy of the birth of stars.

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Electronic Spectroscopy and Franck Condon Factors

by Harry Kroto
Electronic Spectroscopy and Franck Condon Factors
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 3348 views
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Electronic spectroscopy and Franck Condon factors. The discovery of the spectrum of H3+ in the laboratory and in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Interstellar chemistry: Ion molecule reactions in space, grain surface catalysed processes and reactions in ci....

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Radio Astronomy – Resolution Issues

by Harry Kroto
Radio Astronomy – Resolution Issues
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2002 views
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Radio astronomy - resolution issues. The detection of long carbon chain molecules by radio astronomy. The conjectures on the origin of the chains in space and their possible relationship with the Diffuse Interstellar Bands that initiated the experime....

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