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A Multi-wavelength View of Stellar Life and Death in M83

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A Multi-wavelength View of Stellar Life and Death in M83
William Blair, Johns Hopkins University

Although the timescales are long by human standards, galaxies undergo changes as stars are born, grow old, and ultimately die in supernova explosions. While we can’t standby and watch these developments take place, we can piece together the processes involved just by looking at carefully selected snapshots in time. Messier 83, the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, is a case in point. This galaxy is home to both significant new star formation and at least 7 supernova explosions in the past 100 years. Both stellar birth and stellar death can be studied, and often require observations in different bands of light with both ground and space-based telescopes. Dr. Blair will describe a multi-year, multi-wavelength study of galaxy M83 that has provided detailed insights about its evolution.

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Recorded live on October 4, 2016 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, USA

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Tonight’s Sky: October 2016

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Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In October, the Andromeda Galaxy is visible even to naked eyes.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

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Behind the Webb: Give Me Five (Episode 31)

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be looking at the universe with infrared vision. In order to optimally accomplish this mission, the observatory has to be kept as cold as possible. A carefully designed set of 5 coated layers of a special material called Kapton work together to enable the heat to be deflected from the telescope. This episode of Behind the Webb shows what the deployment of the sunshield and its layers looks like from the ground.

Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time [Ultra HD, Captioned]

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This is the captioned version of the film.

This award-winning short film transforms images and data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope into a voyage that sweeps viewers across the universe and back into cosmic history.

The film opens with looming images of two mature galaxies that are relatively nearby Earth, and then pans through the vibrant and diverse panorama of thousands of galaxies in an image from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. The ensuing 3-D journey through these galaxies provides more than just a new perspective in space; it also takes the audience back in time. Because light takes time to journey across space, the galaxies farther away from Earth are seen further back in cosmic history. The virtual voyage reveals galaxies as they appeared billions of years ago, when they were still in the process of forming.

Originally released as an IMAX film, “Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time” was named “Best Short Film” of 2004 by the Large Format Cinema Association.

A production of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Producer: John Stoke
Director: Frank Summers
Writers: John Stoke and Frank Summers
Visualization Leads: Greg Bacon and Frank Summers
Narrator: Barbara Feldon
Music: Jon Serrie

Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time [Ultra HD]

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This award-winning short film transforms images and data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope into a voyage that sweeps viewers across the universe and back into cosmic history.

The film opens with looming images of two mature galaxies that are relatively nearby Earth, and then pans through the vibrant and diverse panorama of thousands of galaxies in an image from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. The ensuing 3-D journey through these galaxies provides more than just a new perspective in space; it also takes the audience back in time. Because light takes time to journey across space, the galaxies farther away from Earth are seen further back in cosmic history. The virtual voyage reveals galaxies as they appeared billions of years ago, when they were still in the process of forming.

Originally released as an IMAX film, “Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time” was named “Best Short Film” of 2004 by the Large Format Cinema Association.

A production of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Producer: John Stoke
Director: Frank Summers
Writers: John Stoke and Frank Summers
Visualization Leads: Greg Bacon and Frank Summers
Narrator: Barbara Feldon
Music: Jon Serrie

Can the iPhone 7 Survive In Liquid Nitrogen for 5 minutes?

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The new jet black iPhone 7 has a glossy mirror finish. But will it shatter if I give it some time in liquid nitrogen? The ultimate freeze test!

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