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Astronomy, Gravitation & Cosmology

CGCA Participate in Pilot Project with Internet2’s InCommon

September 15, 2014

A new pilot scheme between Internet2’s InCommon and the identity management team from the Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (CGCA) will allow astronomers from across the world to use their local university credentials to access three … Continue Reading »

UWM’s Kaplan helps identify the coolest known white dwarf

June 24, 2014

A team of astronomers has identified possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cool that its carbon has crystallized, forming – in effect – an Earth-sized diamond in space. “It’s a really … Continue Reading »

UWM Physicist collaborates on recently discovered “complex gravitational system”

January 10, 2014

David Kaplan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Assistant Professor of Physics, is part of an international astronomical team studying a recently discovered triple stellar system. The system consists of a superdense neutron star which is emitting millisecond pulses of radiation (a pulsar), … Continue Reading »

UWM Planetarium Director Publishes Article in December 2013 Issue of Planetarium

December 17, 2013

The December 2013 issue of ‘Planetarium’, the Journal of the International Planetarium Society, contained an article by UWM Planetarium Director Jean Creighton. The article “Monsters in the family tree” introduces stories from the Greek myths that are connected to some … Continue Reading »

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