Supernova Explosions

• SN 1994D; Veil nebula: zoom out, in, and further in
• SN1572 (Tycho): X-ray/optical/IR, movie
• SN1054: Chaco Canyon, New Mexico paintings ; Crab nebula optical, movie, from space
• Heavy element synthesis: observed in Cas A; the circle, the circle of life; we are made of star-stuff
• Supernova 1987A
  • before/after
  • HST rings: time evolution
  • neutrinos detected by Kamiokande

Neutron Stars

• Size: neutron star comparison with Manhattan, Chicago

Pulsars

• radio signal: listen!
• Crab Pulsar in X-rays;
• newly-discovered gamma-ray pulsars
• lighthouse model
• Prizes awarded and not

General Relativity

• Big Al
• Principle of Equivalence
  an especially nice animation of the rocket experiment
• The first evidence for light bending: 1919 eclipse and media reaction
• More recent evidence