Star Birth
- fuel for star formatin: gas and dust
- stellar nurserys: molecular clouds
- all-sky (CO data)
- Barnard 68 (optical and IR)
- Orion, nebula: HST optical and zoom, IR
- M16: Eagle nebula and HST zoom to pillars of creation
- on other galaxies: M51/Whirlpool optical/IR, CO molecules
Gravitational Collapse
Atoms, Gasses, Temperature, and Pressure
Stars: Stability, Lifespan, and Energy Supply
The Evidence: Solar Neutrinos
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Radiochemical experiments
- The pioneer: Ray Davis and the Homestake Mine experiment
- Scattering experiments
- Super-Kamiokande
(Japan):
gallery
phototube
and partially filled detector volume;
detection techinque
and neutrino events;
Super-K neutrino image
of the Sun
- Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and SNOLAB (Canada) ; detector images
- Borexino in Gran Sasso, Italy
- Super-Kamiokande
(Japan):
gallery
phototube
and partially filled detector volume;
detection techinque
and neutrino events;
Super-K neutrino image
of the Sun
- The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Coda: Cosmic Gall, by John Updike
