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Slide 1The Lives and Deaths of Stars A presentation of the Universe in the Parks program The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Astronomy Slide 2 SUN Slide 3 M31:…

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Slide 1 APOD, The Universe, & NASA’s Best Images Robert Nemiroff Slide 2 What is APOD? Astronomy Picture of the Day Web site started at NASA in 1995 Written & edited…

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Slide 1 Magnetic Explosions in Space: Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas Michael Shay University of Delaware Slide 2 Opportunity I’m new here. I’m looking for students.…