Prof Paul Roche presents a general review of the physics and chemistry of stars, including star birth, star life and star death. This was a public lecture to celebrate the RSC's Chemistry Week 2013, and was held at the University of South Wales. Please refer to the accompanying lecture notes for...
Published 11/22/13
Our Sun is just one of billions of stars within our home galaxy, the Milky Way. We can see it as a faint milky streak across the night sky. At its heart lies a massive black hole, billions of times the size of the Sun. This animation shows the Milky Way and our place in it.
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Published 07/01/10