Galaxy Rotation Curve
This figure illustrates the “rotation curve problem” that was discovered by astronomer Vera Rubin. The rotation curves of every large…
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Solar System Rotation Curve
This is a plot of each planet’s (and dwarf planet’s) average rotational velocity in its orbit around the Sun, plotted…
Milky Way Galaxy Cartoon
This a cartoon schematic of the major parts of our Milky Way galaxy, with a Sloan Digital Sky Survey “wedge”…
PhD “Family Tree”
It’s fun in academic circles to trace out PhD “lineages,” that is, the PhD advisor of your PhD advisor of…
Hello!
I’m Matthew Newby, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Physics at Temple University. My background is in astronomy, astrophysics, computational physics,…