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…
Author: Matthew Newby
April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse at Temple!
See the event announcement here: https://events.temple.edu/solar-eclipse-beury-beach-party
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
“Seeing a Black Hole”
This is an informal, informational talk I gave to the physics department in order to provide some background on the…
Analyzing a Circuit
A hand-written guide for solving intro physics circuit problems. Made for PHYS 2022 (Physics II). Click here to view.
Geometric Optics Guide
A handwritten guide to solving geometric optics problems for PHYS 2022 (Physics 2). Click here to view.