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Victoria Kaspi, McGill University – Moving Neutron Stars

Apr 16, 2014

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What is left after a star explodes and dies? The answer is a neutron star. Dr. Victoria Kaspi, professor of astrophysics and cosmology at McGill University, is piecing together the structure of a specific type of neutron star called a magnetar. Dr. Victoria Kaspi is the Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology at McGill University in…