A Summary of Stellar Evolution
Sirius A and White Dwarf Sirius B
Subrmanyam Chandrasekhar
A White Dwarf in a Close Binary System
T. Coronae Borealis
A repeating Nova; interesting, but not as spectacular as a supernova.
Ask Google AI if it has happened yet.
An artist's depiction of a Type Ia Supernova
Supernovae Light Curves
The Size of a Neutron Star
Jocelyn Bell and Anthony Hewish
Bell-Burnell discussing the discovery of pulsars
. . about 4 min.
The Lighthouse Model of Pulsars
A Pulsar that You can Play With
( load NeutronStar.swf)
The Crab Nebula and Pulsar
The Sounds of Pulsars
(Show Movie Pulse Train for a few)
Gravity as Curved Spacetime
How can we vizualize gravity in 4D spacetime?
(I won't show this whole thing - it's too long, but, if you're interested, watch all of it; it's really good . . . it's ~11.5 min)
What would a black hole look like?
How it might appear if it has an accretion disk - like in the movie Interstellar
How an isolated black hole might appear with background stars
Neil deGrasse Tyson tells us what happens to anyone who ventures near a Neutron Star or Black Hole?
(~ 3 min)
What you observe as your friend falls into a Blackhole
(load TimeNearBH.swf)
A Blackhole accreting matter from a star and flaring
Cynus X-1
Gravitational Wave Detection
(~ 3 min)
The Event Horizon Telescope Image
(~ 4 min)