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A star is born – using next generation telescopes to explore star formation

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The PAF technology is brand-new in radio astronomy and provides a significant upgrade on traditional radio telescopes, which have only a few receivers, at most. Explore careers in Astrophysics • The American Astronomy Society and the British Royal Astronomical Society both have careers pages with lots of useful information.

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To boldly know what no one has known before

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Addressing these questions involves answering smaller ones, like: “How old are the stars in a specific part of the Milky Way and what is their chemical makeup?”, “What series of evolutionary events could give us this pattern of stellar ages and chemistry?”, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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STEM Calendar for the Month of May for Educators Everywhere

STEM for Kids

Astronaut Day: Astronaut Day celebrates the bravery and achievements of those who venture beyond Earth’s atmosphere to explore the cosmos. From Thomas Edison’s light bulb to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, inventors throughout history have transformed our world through their ingenuity and problem-solving skills.

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DANIEL TERNO The Centre for Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics; The Centre for The Macquarie Centre for Quantum Engineering (MQCQE), School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. As a youngster, I loved reading and history.

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Examining the extremely small

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“Nanoscientists manipulate materials at the atomic and molecular level, and thus nanoscience merges physics, chemistry, materials science and biology,” explains Susanne. Nanoscience goes beyond these traditional borders, which is why CeNS strives to bring together researchers from physics, chemistry, biology, pharmacy and medicine.”

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STEM in Science Classrooms – Difference Between Science and Technology

STEM Education Guide

As the country rolled into the 21st century, STEM achievements in the US were behind those in other countries. Science in STEM It encompasses fields such as geology, chemistry, physics, biology, and astronomy. The institution began to ramp up programs in support of STEM subjects in a boatload of American schools.

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

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So many discoveries, so many inventions, so much achieved, so much learned. And key to everything we do is leveraging what we have already done—often taking what in earlier years was a pinnacle of technical achievement, and now using it as a routine building block to reach a level that could barely even be imagined before.