On View in the Atrium of the Undergraduate Library, September 8 - 26, 2014

This exhibit was made possible through the efforts of: 

Here, There, and Everywhere Planning Committee: 

James Van Loon, Rachael Clark, Mike Hawthorne, Jill Wurm, Anne Hudson, Cindy Krolikowski, Veronica Bielat, Graham Hukill, Katrina Rouan, and Rod Fiori

 and

 Faculty from the Department of Physics & Astronomy:

Dr. Ed Cackett and Dr. Claude Pruneau

“Neutron Stars: Humanity in a Sugar Cube”
Presented by Professor Ed Cackett
September 17 at 2:30 p.m
Community Room (3rd Floor) of the David Adamany Undergraduate Library.

Professor Cackett will discuss neutron stars, a type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a supernova event. Neutron stars and black holes are among the most exotic objects in the universe; studying neutron stars and black holes gives us access to exotic realms that we can’t explore on Earth. A lump of neutron star matter the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all humanity, and the stars have magnetic fields a trillion times Earth’s. Since we can’t reproduce such conditions in laboratories, we have to observe neutron stars with telescopes to figure out their properties.

Please provide your feedback on the HTE program using the online survey at this link.

"Here, There, & Everywhere" (HTE) is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant NNX11AH28G issued through the Science Mission Directorate. - See more at: http://hte.si.edu/about.html#sthash.nuEyLPUY.dpuf

A special "Thank You" to Lauren Jackson-Beck, Technical Services Librarian at the Phillips Library of Aurora University, for allowing us to use her Guide to the exhibit as a starting point.