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Our Lopsided Universe: The Matter with Anti-Matter

Public lecture presented by Steve Sekula

June 29, 2004  ·  01:06:22  runtime
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The Mysteries of Diamonds: Bizarre History, Amazing Properties, Unique Applications

Public lecture presented by Harris Kagan

June 24, 2008  ·  01:20:30  runtime
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Profiling the Invisible: Quantum Mechanics and the Unseen Universe

Public lecture presented by Michael Peskin

February 22, 2005  ·  01:58:30  runtime
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Black Holes, the Brightest Objects in the Universe

Public lecture presented by Jonathan McKinney

April 28, 2009  ·  01:11:13  runtime
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Cosmic Dawn: The First Star in the Universe

Public lecture presented by Tom Abel

April 29, 2008  ·  01:21:24  runtime
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The Runaway Universe

Public lecture presented by Roger Blandford

October 26, 2004  ·  01:08:08  runtime
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Dark Matter: Detecting Gravity’s Hidden Hand

Public lecture presented by Tom Shutt

November 29, 2016  ·  01:21:23  runtime
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DES Map

A map of the sky showing the density of galaxy clusters, galaxies and matter in the universe over the part...
August 2, 2017
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Flares and Fireworks From Black Holes

Public lecture presented by Dan Wilkins

July 25, 2017  ·  01:14:53  runtime
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DECam images

Image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which is mounted on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the Cerro...
August 2, 2017
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Galaxy Clusters and the Life and Death of the Universe

Public lecture presented by Eli Rykoff

January 31, 2017  ·  00:54:33  runtime
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Cosmic Dawn: The First Star in the Universe

What was the first thing in the Universe? A black hole or a star? How did it form? Even our biggest and best telescopes...
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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