• 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)