Glencoe Earth Science

Unit 7: Astronomy

Neutron Stars

Project Type: Model
Use current technology to research a discovered neutron star and summarize your findings on a creative mobile. The mobile should include information such as who discovered the star, when and where the discovery was made, how the star was named, what tools were used to discover the star, the distance of the star from Earth, and the star’s age.

Resources:
Visit these sites learn more about neutron stars.

What is a neutron star?
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/nstar.html

http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/neutron_stars.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/pulsars.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/NS.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/NS.html

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