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Death of Stars<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Hillebrandt, W., et al. \u201cHow To Blow Up a Star.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (October 2006): 42. On supernova mechanisms.<\/p>\r\n

Irion, R. \u201cPursuing the Most Extreme Stars.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (January 1999): 48. On pulsars.<\/p>\r\n

Kalirai, J. \u201cNew Light on Our Sun\u2019s Fate.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (February 2014): 44. What will happen to stars like our Sun between the main sequence and the white dwarf stages.<\/p>\r\n

Kirshner, R. \u201cSupernova 1987A: The First Ten Years.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (February 1997): 35.<\/p>\r\n

Maurer, S. \u201cTaking the Pulse of Neutron Stars.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 2001): 32. Review of recent ideas and observations of pulsars.<\/p>\r\n

Zimmerman, R. \u201cInto the Maelstrom.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (November 1998): 44. About the Crab Nebula.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Gamma-Ray Bursts<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Fox, D. & Racusin, J. \u201cThe Brightest Burst.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (January 2009): 34. Nice summary of the brightest burst observed so far, and what we have learned from it.<\/p>\r\n

Nadis, S. \u201cDo Cosmic Flashes Reveal Secrets of the Infant Universe?\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (June 2008): 34. On different types of gamma-ray bursts and what we can learn from them.<\/p>\r\n

Naeye, R. \u201cDissecting the Bursts of Doom.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 2006): 30. Excellent review of gamma-ray bursts\u2014how we discovered them, what they might be, and what they can be used for in probing the universe.<\/p>\r\n

Zimmerman, R. \u201cSpeed Matters.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (May 2000): 36. On the quick-alert networks for finding afterglows.<\/p>\r\n

Zimmerman, R. \u201cWitness to Cosmic Collisions.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (July 2006): 44. On the Swift mission and what it is teaching astronomers about gamma-ray bursts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section><\/section>

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Websites<\/h2>\r\n
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Death of Stars<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Crab Nebula: http:\/\/chandra.harvard.edu\/xray_sources\/crab\/crab.html<\/a> . A short, colourfully written introduction to the history and science involving the best-known supernova remanent.<\/p>\r\n

Introduction to Neutron Stars: https:\/\/www.astro.umd.edu\/~miller\/nstar.html<\/a> . Coleman Miller of the University of Maryland maintains this site, which goes from easy to hard as you get into it, but it has lots of good information about corpses of massive stars.<\/p>\r\n

Introduction to Pulsars by Maryam Hobbs at the Australia National Telescope Facility: http:\/\/www.atnf.csiro.au\/outreach\/education\/everyone\/pulsars\/index.html<\/a> .<\/p>\r\nMagnetars, Soft Gamma Repeaters, and Very Strong Magnetic Fields: http:\/\/solomon.as.utexas.edu\/magnetar.html<\/a> . Robert Duncan, one of the originators of the idea of magnetars, assembled this site some years ago.\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Gamma-Ray Bursts<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Brief Intro to Gamma-Ray Bursts (from PBS\u2019 Seeing in the Dark<\/em>): http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/seeinginthedark\/astronomy-topics\/gamma-ray-bursts.html<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

Discovery of Gamma-ray Bursts: http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/1997\/ast19sep97_2\/<\/a> .<\/p>\r\n

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Introduction to a Mystery (at NASA\u2019s Imagine the Universe site): http:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/science\/know_l1\/bursts.html<\/a> .<\/p>\r\n

Introduction from the Swift<\/em> Satellite Site: http:\/\/swift.sonoma.edu\/about_swift\/grbs.html<\/a> .<\/p>\r\n

Missions to Detect and Learn More about Gamma-ray Bursts:<\/p>\r\n\r\n