Acknowledgements
This course was written by Monica Grady and Phillipa Smith.
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Intoduction: Video: courtesy of NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
2.1.6 Birth of a star: Video: courtesy of Institute of Physics
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2.3.3 Beautiful Supernovae: Video: © The Open University
2.3.5 Supergiant stars: Video: courtesy of Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/
2.3.8 Neutron stars: Video: courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
2.3.10 Black hole cannibal: Video: courtesy of NASA
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