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An Astrophysicist’s Guide to the April 8 Solar Eclipse

Check out my guide to the April 8, 2024 eclipse, including general information that is good to know even when…
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Posted on: April 2, 2024 Last updated on: April 2, 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse at Temple!

See the event announcement here: https://events.temple.edu/solar-eclipse-beury-beach-party
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Posted on: March 14, 2024 Last updated on: March 14, 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Mercury in Transit Poster #2: Mercury vs. the Moon

This is the second poster I created for Temple University’s Mercury in Transit event. This one contrasts Mercury and Earth’s…
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Posted on: December 5, 2019 Last updated on: December 5, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Mercury in Transit Poster #1: Exoplanets in Transit

This is the first poster that I created for the Nov 11, 2019 Transit of Mercury. Since Mercury’s transit is…
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Posted on: December 4, 2019 Last updated on: December 4, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Current Studies on Dark Matter

Part II of a two-lecture series on dark matter. This talk looks at the state-of-the-art in studying dark matter, namely,…
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Posted on: July 12, 2019 Last updated on: July 12, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Intro to Dark Matter

Part I of a two-lecture series on dark matter. This was a talk I gave to a group of high…
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Posted on: July 12, 2019 Last updated on: July 12, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Watching Water Boil (in Infrared Light!)

I had an infrared scanner, and need to boil water for pasta. I combined the two, and put the results…
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Posted on: July 11, 2019 Last updated on: July 11, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

“Seeing a Black Hole”

This is an informal, informational talk I gave to the physics department in order to provide some background on the…
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Posted on: May 6, 2019 Last updated on: May 6, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Analyzing a Circuit

A hand-written guide for solving intro physics circuit problems. Made for PHYS 2022 (Physics II). Click here to view.
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Posted on: May 6, 2019 Last updated on: May 6, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby

Geometric Optics Guide

A handwritten guide to solving geometric optics problems for PHYS 2022 (Physics 2). Click here to view.
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Posted on: May 6, 2019 Last updated on: May 6, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Matthew Newby
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