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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a core faculty member in women's studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her research in theoretical physics focuses on cosmology, neutron stars and particles beyond the standard model.

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I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing

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Physics

A tale of two mysteries: ghostly neutrinos and the proton decay puzzle

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In a new era of astronomy, we're feeling for vibrations in space-time

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Wolf-Rayet stars are known to be efficient dust producers, and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope shows this to great effect. Cooler cosmic dust glows at the longer mid-infrared wavelengths, displaying the structure of WR 124?s nebula. The nebula is made of material cast off from the aging star in random ejections, and from dust produced in the ensuing turbulence. This brilliant stage of mass loss precedes the star?s eventual supernova, when nuclear fusion in its core stops and the pressure of gravity causes it to collapse in on itself, and then explode. As MIRI demonstrates here, Webb will help astronomers to explore questions that were previously only left to theory about how much dust stars like this create before exploding in a supernova, and how much of that dust is large enough to survive the blast and go on to serve as building blocks of future stars and planets.

Space

How galactic mysteries near and far are poised to shake up cosmology

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Two books to write and the universe to decipher – 2024’s gonna be busy

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Why I've been somewhat obsessed with space-time this year

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Why we need to bring stellar astrophysics into the real world

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Space

How the balloon analogy for an expanding universe is almost perfect

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Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (14061651br) Emmerdale - Ep 9774 & Ep 9775 Tuesday 5th September 2023 Despite their past hostility, it seems that Cain Dingle, as played by Jeff Hordley, and Caleb, as played by Will Ash, are finally headed in the right direction. Caleb makes his entry into the family official with a drink from the Dingle welly. 'Emmerdale' TV Show, Episodes Ep 9761-9778 UK - Aug 2023 Emmerdale, is a British ITV long running soap opera, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, set in Emmerdale, a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. It was created by Kevin Laffan and was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. It was originally produced by ITV Yorkshire and is still filmed in their Leeds studios.

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How soap operas can help us understand special relativity

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Why Isaac Newton's laws still give physicists a lot to think about

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Who is researching and shaping science is more crucial than ever

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Physics

The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

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