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Students demonstrated a concept from cosmology that a high school or middle school student could understand.

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Matter/Antimatter

Cosmic Annihilation

COMIX

Gravitational Lensing (pdf)

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NASA animation of gravitational lensing The observatory on Earth sees the source (more distant) star appear to brighten dramatically when the lens (closer) star passes between them. A planet orbiting the lens star can cause a variation in that brightening, as shown in the animation.

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Student Scripts

Nova - Components of Matter

Cosmic Annihilation

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NOVA - Components of Matter

The Big Bang/Inflation

Radiocarbon Comic (pdf)

Radiocarbon Explanation - The Movie

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The Standard Model Chart

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